Having a baby and starting to raise your own family is a really amazing thing but for many women it can be challenging to know how to being returning to work after maternity leave. Often, new mothers take this opportunity to explore their options. Perhaps it is time to cut down on the hours you...Read More

Increase Retention & Boost Performance Post Career Break Jessica Chivers, coaching psychologist, author of Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work (Hay House, 2011) and founder of The Talent Keeper Specialists. The first two tips relate to how you operate: For colleagues returning from a maternity/paternity...Read More

Jessica Chivers is a coaching psychologist, author of Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work (Hay House, 2011) and founder of The Talent Keeper Specialists. In this article she gives us an insight into how we can get a grip on guilt and get back to...Read More

Jessica Chivers is a coaching psychologist, author of Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work (Hay House, 2011) and founder of The Talent Keeper Specialists In a nutshell? “KIT days allowed me to settle back in more quickly – a benefit for both me and my...Read More

If you could win your perfect career by playing a national lottery type game how often would you play and how many tickets would you purchase? How much do you really want to win your dream job? Just imagine, wouldn’t it be great if this type of game could exist? Unfortunately for now it doesn’t,...Read More

Women are natural communicators.  When we get together to talk about anything at all we come alive, and thrive on sharing ideas.  This was borne out at a seminar last week hosted by The Coaching Room for women seeking professional fulfilment. The room hummed with 27 inspirational women – engineers, lawyers, digital strategists, naturopaths, accountants,...Read More

Making Yourself: Education The percentage of women occupying senior management positions in the business world has stagnated at 24% since 2007, a figure which stands in direct contrast to the increasing number of girls and young women graduating from secondary and higher education institutions who are willing and able to pursue demanding business careers. This...Read More

Although it was announced at the beginning of the year that 2014 would see a growth in private sector employment, we are still seeing major organisations making cut backs. It was announced yesterday that Barclays would be making between 10-12,000 job losses, 7,000 of which will be in the UK. Last month it was announced...Read More

Whether to return to work straight after having children is a decision that many women battle with. For some women, the answer is plain and simple. If you have the luxury of being financially stable or have a partner who is willing to continue working, then it is much easier to be a stay-at-home mom....Read More

In the space of a week I’ve had three conversations with three different mothers (coachees) whose shoulders I could almost hear dropping from ear-hunched positions to relaxed relief when I suggested or endorsed the idea of organising a bit of regular childcare before they go back to work. Childcare isn’t just for those of us...Read More