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Returning to work after a prolonged absence? We can provide the right support and expertise to make your return work for you.

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You play a vital role in helping career-breakers in your team make a smooth, effective and happy return to work. Here’s how we can support you.

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💡NEW POST: We’ve been advocates of walking co

💡NEW POST: We’ve been advocates of walking coaching meetings for many years. For many of our coachees who are returning to work from maternity or shared parental leave it’s a welcome break from the desk – they’re just not used to the physical inactivity! 👨‍🍼💨
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Research tells us that outdoor walking leads to more ‘creative’ thinking than sitting inside or being pushed in a wheelchair outdoors. And the boost in divergent thinking lingers when you return to your (indoor) desk.🖥
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Throughout 2020 and into this year we’ve constantly asked ourselves “how can we make coaching time as good, if not better, than it was when we met in person?”
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🙋‍♀️We’ve also held onto the question “What would it take to be the bright spot in our coachees’ diaries?” Because let’s face it, back to back virtual meetings have been painful and no matter how good the coaching, another screen meeting chips away at our coachees’ energy.
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See our ‘Insights’ page for the science behind walking coaching meetings (2 min read) 👆(Photo credit: Charisse Kenion).
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#comebackcoaching #coaching #careercoaching #employeeexperience #walking #productive #coachingpsychology #focus #greatdayatwork #maternityleave #maternityleaveisover #returntowork #returntoworkmums #talentkeeping #talentretention
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💫 💻😊 Our revamped virtual line manager ‘Coming Back With Confidence’ workshop is almost ready for its first outing at ITV next week.
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We’ve overhauled the content in line with the three core pillars in our mission:
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- Confidence 😀
- Connection 🤝
- Care 🤗
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That’s the message we want line managers to take away: to do and say things before, during and after leave that help their team member feel confident, connected and cared for.
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Jessica and Shiobhaun worked on the update and Shiobhaun will be the first of our coaching team to host a session with the new content. She is excited! 😁
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❓🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️What has your latest employee survey told you about the experience of people taking maternity leave and other extended periods of leave? Could it be better?
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We think line managers are the key starting point for making a change.
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All participants will go away with a pdf of our line manager guide and access to all the goodies on
our sister site www.comebackcommunity.co.uk.
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If you like the sound of this please be in touch: hello@talentkeepers.co.uk or via the website or +44
(0)1727 856169.
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#maternityleave #employeeexperience #leadershipdevelopment #sharedparentalleave #linemanager #pregnancy #talentretention #talentkeeping #peopledevelopment #hr
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👋 Did you see us in Waitrose Weekend? We were c

👋 Did you see us in Waitrose Weekend? We were completely stoked to have our podcast, Comeback Coach, with Jessica Chivers featured in this upbeat newspaper that goes out to all 286 stores across the UK. Thank you Waitrose & Partners and to Patsy Westcott for writing about us.
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Comeback Coach is the podcast for people riding the return-to-work rollercoaster whatever their
reason for leave.🎧🎙
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💫In COACH episodes we eavesdrop on a one time coaching conversation between Jessica and someone who is making their return or grappling with ongoing career challenges since she or he has been back.
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💫In COMEBACK episodes we hear the wobbly moments and success stories from someone who’s made a comeback.
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Season one has been sponsored by the award winning Times Top 200 law firm, Rayden Solicitors.
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🙏Thank you so much for your partnership @rayden_solicitors.
Find COMEBACK COACH on Apple, Google, Spotify and our website.👆
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#podcast #returningtowork #maternityleave #sharedparentalleave #adoptionleave #sickleave #sabbatical #careerbreak #employeeexperience #hr #careercoaching #comebackcoaching #talentretention #talentkeeping
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First time Eleanor and Jessica have seen each othe

First time Eleanor and Jessica have seen each other in 3D (and hugged!) in over a year. Eleanor is one of our fab coaches and they met up at the beautiful @hatfield_house on Friday for lunch with Eleanor’s brilliant bundle-of-fun daughter, Beatrice, who didn’t want her picture taking! One standout theme in their chat was what the office is for: CONNECTING, COLLABORATING & COACHING (article coming soon on that). Have you been meeting up with colleagues outside of the office? Where have you been? #connection #colleagues #colleaguestofriends #frolleagues #returntotheoffice #returntowork #coaching

Do 38% of your colleagues want to leave once the e

When you go on maternity leave is it better to put

When you go on maternity leave is it better to put work completely to one side or keep in touch?
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We think on balance being in contact with work whilst away paves the way for a better return experience.
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In our latest article (see the link above) we’ve written about the mental health benefits of keeping in touch. We focus on three things that are key to mental wellbeing that we can keenly miss when we’re away from work:
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- Connection 👊
- Stimulation 💡
- Control 🧠
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Let’s remember that loneliness can creep up on new mothers and a card, a positive text or encouraging voice memo from her line manager can really make her day.✍️
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We’re running a FREE Q&A event with @mia.scotland (perinatal clinical psychologist, doula and author) on maternal mental health on Tuesday 25th May 8-8.45pm GMT. Tickets are open for booking now. Search for ‘Comeback Conversations’ on Eventbrite or see the link above.👆
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All are welcome and we’ll be donating £1 to @pandas_uk for every person who joins the session live on the night.👍
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If you’re struggling with helplessness, low mood, anxiety or have any concerns about your health
during or beyond your pregnancy you can call the PaNDAS Foundation every day 11am – 10pm: 0808
1961 776.📞😊
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#maternityleave #maternalmentalhealth #maternalmentalhealthawareness #perinatalmentalhealth #employeeexperience #talentkeeping #pregnant #onmaternityleave #returningtowork #backtowork #newmama #newmum #newbaby

As we come to the end of #maternalmentalhealthawar

As we come to the end of #maternalmentalhealthawareness week here’s a snippet from a special FUNDRAISER episode of our podcast “Comeback Coach.” (Thank you @rayden_solicitors for sponsoring it).
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Every listen = a donation from us to @pandas_uk.
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This is a clip of Mia Scotland, perinatal clinical psychologist, author and trained doula. Mia is also our guest at our next ‘Comeback Conversation’ (find out more on our sister channel @comebackcommuk) on maternal mental health Tuesday 25th May 8-8.45pm. Tickets are FREE.
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Two other terrific guests on the podcast:
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1) Eve Canavan @eviecanavan - cofounder of MMHA Week and @perinatalmhpartnership
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2) Anna Ceesay @annaceesay - founder of Motherdom Magazine @motherdom_mag.
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#maternalmentalhealth #perinatalmentalhealth #perinatatalmentalhealthmatters #newmum #newmama #newbaby #birth #pnd #mentalhealth #podcast #podcastersofinstagram

HUGE APPLAUSE for the women behind Maternal Mental

HUGE APPLAUSE for the women behind Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week UK. We spoke to one of them, Eve Canavan @eviecanavan for a SPECIAL FUNDRAISER episode of our podcast, Comeback Coach, to mark the week. Thank you to @rayden_solicitors for sponsoring this season 1 bonus episode. 🎧🎙🙏
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Today is the start of the fifth awareness week organised by @perinatalmhpartnership and we’re in awe of the work you do alongside your day jobs.⭐️👏🏻

We’ll be posting more on our sister channel @comebackcommuk – where we share resources for
people preparing for/returning from maternity and other long leaves from work.🤰
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Every download of this episode in May = a donation to PANDAS Foundation @pandas_uk.🙏
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As well as Eve, Jessica talks to:
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Anna Ceesay @annaceesay from @motherdom_mag – journalist and mother who experienced pre-
natal depression.
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Mia Scotland @mia.scotland – perinatal clinical psychologist, author of “Why Post Natal Depression
Matters” and “Birth Shock” and doula.
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On the episode:
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- Pre-natal depression
- What England’s new maternal mental health hubs should look like
- Doulas – who are they, why use one and how to choose her?
- Post-partum psychosis – what is it?
- How other cultures look after new mothers
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If you’re struggling with helplessness, low mood, anxiety or have any concerns about your health
during or beyond your pregnancy you can call the PaNDAS Foundation every day 11am – 10pm: 0808
1961 776.📞
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Find COMEBACK COACH podcast on Apple, Google and Spotify (and our website).
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#maternalmentalhealth #myjourneytorecovery #perinatalmentalhealth #maternalhealth #employeewellbeing #returningtowork #newparent #newmum #newmama #pnd #newbaby #doula #mentalhealthawareness

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