Comeback Coach

13. COMEBACK – Liz – Rebuilding credibility - getting your head back into gear - backing yourself after maternity leave

June 15, 2021 Jessica Chivers
Comeback Coach
13. COMEBACK – Liz – Rebuilding credibility - getting your head back into gear - backing yourself after maternity leave
Show Notes

My guest today is Liz Twiney who works for an asset management firm in London.  We’re talking when Liz is 3 months back from her first maternity leave and we cover rebuilding credibility, what to do when you can’t have traditional KIT days, guilt because you love your job and how to invite people for a catch up when you’re working remotely.

Five takeaways from the conversation with Liz:

  1. When there’s a choice to back yourself or not, let’s choose to back ourselves. 
  2. Sometimes it’s in your own head that colleagues will think you won’t want to keep progressing when you’ve had a baby.
  3. Line managers – ask your returning colleague for input and their opinion because it really stokes feelings of credibility.
  4. Don’t compare yourself to others “This is my situation and this is what makes me tick.”
  5. Put things in perspective. Try to find the fun in everything, have a hobby that’s a release from the daily grind and back yourself. Liz’s top tip (3 in 1!)

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