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Emma is a solicitor in a top 20 law firm who’s keen to progress her career after maternity leave, raise her visibility and still have time for her two young boys and husband. In this COACH episode Emma and Jessica explore tactics for making those things happen. Spoiler: they come up with a doable plan that doesn’t involve magic-ing up 48 hours in a day.

Are you on extended leave from work? Preparing for leave? Or recently returned? Find free goodies to support your return over on www.comebackcommunity.co.uk.

What did you think of the episode? Got a question about returning to work? Chat to Jessica on Twitter @ComebackCommUK. Also find us on Instagram @ComebackCommUK.

If you’d like to have a coaching conversation with Jessica for a future episode of Comeback Coach please contact us via the website.

Season 1 sponsor is Rayden Solicitors

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• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.

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The conversation is with Rachel Jackson, previously of HP and Cisco where she worked in technology sales for 20 years and also sat as Vice Chair on the Inclusion Board and led the UK Back to Business employee resource group. 

“Build your support squad before you go back to work; ask for help before you’re at breaking point and establish a really good self care routine,” are just three of the cracking pieces of advice Rachel says she’d put in her playbook for how to navigate the early months returning to work from extended leave.  

Rachel had two maternity leaves during her time at Cisco, returning after her second child in 2019. She recently took the decision to step out of her career to run with her deep interest in the world of inclusion. She now runs her own business, A Different Me, which aims to positively impact the lives of working mothers in corporate organisations.  As you’ll hear Rachel can remember her time returning to work as if it were yesterday and she’s got a series of cracking tips for how to handle the early months back at work.

RESOURCES FLAGGED IN EPISODE:

• A Different Me, Rachel Jackson’s business
• Rachel on Insta
•  Rayden Solicitors - season 1 sponsor - Times 200 family law firm
• How to Own the Room podcast with Viv Groskop

BE IN TOUCH & FREE GOODIES TO SUPPORT YOU:

• Twitter: @ComebackCommUK – talk to me, send me your questions, let me know about your return to work experience and what you think of the podcast
• Instagram: @comebackcommuk
• www.comebackcommunity.co.uk
• Comeback Conversations - FREE, monthly, online problem-solving sessions with Jessica and special guest.
• Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers
• If you’d like to have a coaching conversation with Jessica for a future episode of Comeback Coach please contact us via the website.

MORE FOR YOU

• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.

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Chloe is a PR professional who feels in limbo having come back from one maternity leave and knowing she’s going to be going away again in six month’s time. She’s come back to work that leaves her feeling unmotivated and out of control. Our conversation focusses on what Chloe wants from the next six months and how to make it happen. We talk about three key themes:

1.       Recognition

2.       Promotion

3.       Progression
 
Our season 1 sponsor is Rayden Solicitors.

BE IN TOUCH & FREE GOODIES TO SUPPORT YOU:

• Twitter: @ComebackCommUK – talk to me, send me your questions, let me know about your return to work experience and what you think of the podcast
  
  
• Instagram: @comebackcommuk
  
  
• www.comebackcommunity.co.uk
  
  
• Comeback Conversations - FREE, monthly, online problem-solving sessions with Jessica and special guest.
  
  
• Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers
  
  
• If you’d like to have a coaching conversation with Jessica for a future episode of Comeback Coach please contact us via the website.

MORE FOR YOU

• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.

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“Imposter feelings can be where your strengths lie,” says Caroline Flanagan. Caroline talks about coping with constant low-level anxiety and how she handled imposter feelings when she returned to work after her first maternity leave to a U.S. law firm - where she was the only female lawyer with a baby. 

RESOURCES FLAGGED IN EPISODE:

• Baby Proof Your Career by Caroline Flanagan 
•  Rayden Solicitors - season 1 sponsor - Times 200 family law firm

BE IN TOUCH & FREE GOODIES TO SUPPORT YOU:

• Twitter: @ComebackCommUK – talk to me, send me your questions , let me know about your return to work experience and what you think of the podcast
  
  
• Instagram: @comebackcommuk
  
  
• www.comebackcommunity.co.uk
  
  
• Comeback Conversations - FREE, monthly, online problem-solving sessions with Jessica and special guest.
  
  
• Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers
  
  
• If you’d like to have a coaching conversation with Jessica for a future episode of Comeback Coach please contact us via the website.

MORE FOR YOU

• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.

Ask me a Q

Nicola returned from maternity leave to a role that she’d trained a long time to do but that her heart was no longer in. She talks about how she’s struggling in a male dominated team and experiences casual sexism on a day to day basis. Her mind has been ignited by the world of diversity and inclusion and she’s keen to explore other opportunities within her blue-chip firm. However, she’s been asked to ‘respect the hierarchy’ and not make attempts to reach more senior figures outside of her team to get her voice heard. 

Three resources Jessica flagged in this episode:

• Women’s Progression in the Workplace King’s College London & GEO research
• Rocking the Boat by Debra E Myerson
• Mentor Mums

BE IN TOUCH & FREE GOODIES TO SUPPORT YOU:

• Twitter: @ComebackCommUK – talk to me, send me your questions , let me know about your return to work experience and what you think of the podcast
  
  
• Instagram: @comebackcommuk
  
  
• www.comebackcommunity.co.uk
  
  
• Comeback Conversations - FREE, monthly, online problem-solving sessions with Jessica and special guest.
  
  
• Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers
  
  
• If you’d like to have a coaching conversation with Jessica for a future episode of Comeback Coach please contact us via the website.

MORE FOR YOU

• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.

Ask me a Q

Comeback Coach is the wobbly-bottomed podcast about kickass comebacks for people riding the return to work rollercoaster. If you're on maternity leave - or away from work on  for another reason - and want to come back feeling prepared, positive and filled with self-belief, this podcast is for you. 

I’m a coaching psychologist, author, founder of The Talent Keeper Specialists and most recently the developer of Comeback Community. I’ll tell you more about each of those things in the episode, but for now, thank you very much for choosing to listen to this very first episode of Comeback Coach.  There is SO much great audio content out there that I am really and truly delighted that you’ve selected this. 

Links mentioned in this episode:

• The Talent Keeper Specialists
• Comeback Community™
• FREE Comeback Conversation online events
• Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work

MORE FOR YOU

• DM Jessica on instagram @comebackcommuk
• Get Jessica's FREE fortnightly note, Pivotal.
• Watch our coaching Success Stories. 
• Take our new FREE Career Fuel diagnostic - and get a personalised free report.
• Read Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work by Jessica Chivers.
• Contact us about executive coaching.