COMEBACK COACH is for bright minds returning to work from maternity leave, other extended breaks and facing pivotal career moments. Hosted by chartered coaching psychologist and executive coach, Jessica Chivers, you can eavesdrop on one-time coaching conversations and hear real comeback stories. She’s exactly what you need when you’re returning to work and ambitious for more career success.
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Paul Morgan-Bentley is a journalist at The Times and author of The Equal Parent. He and husband Robin talked about surrogacy, why they took exactly the same number of days of Shared Parental Leave, looking forward to work and enjoying the commute on Monday morning. Find Paul & Robin on episode 58.
Baroness Helena Morrissey, ex CEO of Newton Asset Management and founder of the 30% Club talks to coaching psychologist Jessica Chivers about negotiating pay rises, finances after a break and her experience of taking nine maternity leaves from financial services organisations. Find Helena on episode 102.
Compressed hours have enabled engineer Carina Hoskisson to deliver at work and make family life work. She’s one of six women on this episode talking about how they make full time work, work. It’s one of our most downloaded episodes. Find Carina et al on episode 62.
Divya is a past coachee from BlackRock who chose to do continuous professional development on maternity leave. Here she talks about why she studied for a CFA certificate. She also completed ‘women on boards’ training. Find Divya on episode 67.
Francesca, MD of UK Workplace Advisory at Edelman, reflects on the importance to taking charge of your career and self-advocacy. She’s open about once being a ‘disgruntled middle manager’ when she returned to her previous company on a three day/week contract. She’s a mother of four and her career is thriving. Find Francesca on episode 101.
Emmie Faust always thought she was mentally strong, but long covid and overworking left her burned out and on medication for anxiety. In this candid conversation Emmie discusses mistakes she’s made and how she’s getting back on track. Emmie is now thriving as the founder of Female Founders Rise. Find Emmie on episode 52.
In this conversation bestselling author Anna Marthur talks with Jessica about the cost of people pleasing; how to handle being passed over for a promotion; finding the courage to speak up in meetings and accepting that not everyone likes you. Find Anna on episode 113.
Would you like to talk about your comeback from maternity, sick leave or another break on a COMEBACK episode? We ask just two things of prospective guests:
Or if you have a challenge you would like to work through in a coaching 1:1 with Jessica Chivers, apply to be on a COACH episode. We won’t use your surname or name your employer and you can use a different name entirely if you prefer. The coaching conversation is free.
