<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1575013/open_sms">Ask me a Q</a>Hello Bright Minds, keen eyes might notice that this episode is out a day earlier than usual. I’ve chosen to release this episode of Tuesday 3rd December to tie-in with International Day of Person’s with a Disability. And it feels fitting to have saved this episode to the last in the current season on COMEBACK COACH because we’re talking about the power of a sabbatical to refresh, re-energise and have a bit of a rest, which I hope you’ll get later in the month. My guest today is Beth Wooller, a Strategic Sourcing Manager at Sainsbury’s Head Office where she’s also the founder and Chair of Enable, the first ever Sainsbury’s Disability Network. Beth started her career as a Management Consultant at Deloitte, having graduated from Cambridge University and has a lifetime of experience living and working with a hearing loss. She is dedicated to helping people with disabilities and differences excel and focuses on raising awareness, increasing confidence and simplifying workplace processes to better support people with disabilities. Beth has recently been listed as one of the most influential disabled people in the UK in the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100. 11 years into her career and feeling burned out, Beth took a sabbatical from her corporate role to reset, continue her disability work, and gain her professional qualification in Interior Design with the National Design Academy.  MORE FOR YOU <ul> <li>DM Jessica on instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/comebackcommuk/'>@comebackcommuk</a> </li> <li>Get <a href='https://www.subscribepage.com/comebackcommunity'>Caremail </a> (free, every other Sunday at 7am)</li> <li>Read <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848503199?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwbeyoubutbe-21&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=2506&amp;creative=9298&amp;creativeASIN=1848503199'>Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work</a> by Jessica Chivers.</li> <li> <a href='https://vimeo.com/759174786'>Watch five coachees</a> talk about working with us</li> <li> <a href='https://comebackcommunity.co.uk/introduce/'>Connect us to your HR team</a> - bring the Comeback Community™ employee experience to your workplace</li> </ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1575013/open_sms"&gt;Ask me a Q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hello Bright Minds, keen eyes might notice that this episode is out a day earlier than usual. I’ve chosen to release this episode of Tuesday 3rd December to tie-in with International Day of Person’s with a Disability. And it feels fitting to have saved this episode to the last in the current season on COMEBACK COACH because we’re talking about the power of a sabbatical to refresh, re-energise and have a bit of a rest, which I hope you’ll get later in the month. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My guest today is Beth Wooller, a Strategic Sourcing Manager at Sainsbury’s Head Office where she’s also the founder and Chair of &lt;em&gt;Enable&lt;/em&gt;, the first ever Sainsbury’s Disability Network. Beth started her career as a Management Consultant at Deloitte, having graduated from Cambridge University and has a lifetime of experience living and working with a hearing loss. She is dedicated to helping people with disabilities and differences excel and focuses on raising awareness, increasing confidence and simplifying workplace processes to better support people with disabilities. Beth has recently been listed as one of the most influential disabled people in the UK in the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;11 years into her career and feeling burned out, Beth took a sabbatical from her corporate role to reset, continue her disability work, and gain her professional qualification in Interior Design with the National Design Academy. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;MORE FOR YOU&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;DM Jessica on instagram &lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/comebackcommuk/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;@comebackcommuk&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Get &lt;a href='https://www.subscribepage.com/comebackcommunity'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;Caremail &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;(free, every other Sunday at 7am)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Read &lt;a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848503199?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=wwwbeyoubutbe-21&amp;amp;link_code=as3&amp;amp;camp=2506&amp;amp;creative=9298&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1848503199'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;by Jessica Chivers.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a href='https://vimeo.com/759174786'&gt;Watch five coachees&lt;/a&gt; talk about working with us&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a href='https://comebackcommunity.co.uk/introduce/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Connect us to your HR team&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - bring the Comeback Community™ employee experience to your workplace&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

Ask me a QHello Bright Minds, keen eyes might notice that this episode is out a day earlier than usual. I’ve chosen to release this episode of Tuesday 3rd December to tie-in with International Day of Person’s with a Disability. And it feels fitting to have saved this episode to the last in the current season on COMEBACK COACH because we’re talking about the power of a sabbatical to refresh, re-energise and have a bit of a rest, which I hope you’ll get later in the month. My guest today i...

96. COMEBACK - Beth Wooller - Strategy Manager at Sainsburys - sabbatical - burnout - a break from hitting the next career goal - writing a book + interior design

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1575013/open_sms">Ask me a Q</a>Hello Bright Minds, This is the penultimate episode of season seven of COMEBACK COACH and it’s inspired by my 16 year old daughter Artemis, who wants to become a pilot. This is something she decided upon at the start of the year and since then I have had many happy drives around the M25 to Heathrow airport to watch A380 planes come in and take off this year. Plane spotting is actually a lot of fun. My guest today is Rebecca Andrews is a pilot and a few months ago she returned to the flight deck after her second maternity leave. We’ve been chatting over WhatsApp for about six months and we recorded two separate chats. In the first part you’re going to get to hear how Rebecca was feeling about returning to the air before she started her re-induction training in the simulator. Then in the second chat you’ll find out how she’s feeling now that she’s back at work and into the reality of working parenthood and managing two pilot schedules alongside two little children. Yes, she’s married to a pilot. MORE FOR YOU <ul> <li>DM Jessica on instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/comebackcommuk/'>@comebackcommuk</a> </li> <li>Get <a href='https://www.subscribepage.com/comebackcommunity'>Caremail </a> (free, every other Sunday at 7am)</li> <li>Read <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848503199?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwbeyoubutbe-21&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=2506&amp;creative=9298&amp;creativeASIN=1848503199'>Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work</a> by Jessica Chivers.</li> <li> <a href='https://vimeo.com/759174786'>Watch five coachees</a> talk about working with us</li> <li> <a href='https://comebackcommunity.co.uk/introduce/'>Connect us to your HR team</a> - bring the Comeback Community™ employee experience to your workplace</li> </ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1575013/open_sms"&gt;Ask me a Q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hello Bright Minds,&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This is the penultimate episode of season seven of COMEBACK COACH and it’s inspired by my 16 year old daughter Artemis, who wants to become a pilot. This is something she decided upon at the start of the year and since then I have had many happy drives around the M25 to Heathrow airport to watch A380 planes come in and take off this year. Plane spotting is actually a lot of fun.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;My guest today is Rebecca Andrews is a pilot and a few months ago she returned to the flight deck after her second maternity leave. We’ve been chatting over WhatsApp for about six months and we recorded two separate chats. In the first part you’re going to get to hear how Rebecca was feeling about returning to the air before she started her re-induction training in the simulator. Then in the second chat you’ll find out how she’s feeling now that she’s back at work and into the reality of working parenthood and managing two pilot schedules alongside two little children. Yes, she’s married to a pilot.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;MORE FOR YOU&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;DM Jessica on instagram &lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/comebackcommuk/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;@comebackcommuk&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Get &lt;a href='https://www.subscribepage.com/comebackcommunity'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;Caremail &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;(free, every other Sunday at 7am)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Read &lt;a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848503199?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=wwwbeyoubutbe-21&amp;amp;link_code=as3&amp;amp;camp=2506&amp;amp;creative=9298&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1848503199'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;by Jessica Chivers.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a href='https://vimeo.com/759174786'&gt;Watch five coachees&lt;/a&gt; talk about working with us&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a href='https://comebackcommunity.co.uk/introduce/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Connect us to your HR team&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - bring the Comeback Community™ employee experience to your workplace&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

Ask me a QHello Bright Minds,This is the penultimate episode of season seven of COMEBACK COACH and it’s inspired by my 16 year old daughter Artemis, who wants to become a pilot. This is something she decided upon at the start of the year and since then I have had many happy drives around the M25 to Heathrow airport to watch A380 planes come in and take off this year. Plane spotting is actually a lot of fun.My guest today is Rebecca Andrews is a pilot and a few months ago she returned to the f...

95. Rebecca Andrews - Pilot - missing your job - returning to flying after maternity leave - yes YOU CAN still do it!

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1575013/open_sms">Ask me a Q</a>Hello Bright Minds, my conversation today is with Laura Scougall, Head of ITV Academy. Knowing Laura is a chatty, confident person we decided to make it a freeform conversation without any pre-agreed questions so it’s a bit of a random episode that covers a lot of ground.We talked about:<ul><li>How to get back to sleep after being up with a baby or an 18 year old in my case.</li><li>Coping with being placed at risk of redundancy and dragged out of your maternity bubble to think about finding another job.</li><li>Not introducing yourself in meetings with an apology.</li><li>Why I walk around my garden barefoot when I first wake up.</li><li>The daily additional stress of being a working parent of a little boy with autism.</li><li>Being totally open at work about what’s going on at home.</li><li>Having the confidence to ask colleagues to reschedule a meeting that you can’t make last minute.</li><li>Being generous with positive feedback.</li></ul>Laura’s wobbly moments and tips for coming back to work after maternity leave which includes leaning into the chaos.I hope you get plenty from it and if you do, please would you leave a short review and a rating wherever you listen. Thank you so much. MORE FOR YOU <ul> <li>DM Jessica on instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/comebackcommuk/'>@comebackcommuk</a> </li> <li>Get <a href='https://www.subscribepage.com/comebackcommunity'>Caremail </a> (free, every other Sunday at 7am)</li> <li>Read <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848503199?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwbeyoubutbe-21&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=2506&amp;creative=9298&amp;creativeASIN=1848503199'>Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work</a> by Jessica Chivers.</li> <li> <a href='https://vimeo.com/759174786'>Watch five coachees</a> talk about working with us</li> <li> <a href='https://comebackcommunity.co.uk/introduce/'>Connect us to your HR team</a> - bring the Comeback Community™ employee experience to your workplace</li> </ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1575013/open_sms"&gt;Ask me a Q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hello Bright Minds, my conversation today is with Laura Scougall, Head of ITV Academy. Knowing Laura is a chatty, confident person we decided to make it a freeform conversation without any pre-agreed questions so it’s a bit of a random episode that covers a lot of ground.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We talked about:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;How to get back to sleep after being up with a baby or an 18 year old in my case.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Coping with being placed at risk of redundancy and dragged out of your maternity bubble to think about finding another job.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Not introducing yourself in meetings with an apology.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why I walk around my garden barefoot when I first wake up.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The daily additional stress of being a working parent of a little boy with autism.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Being totally open at work about what’s going on at home.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Having the confidence to ask colleagues to reschedule a meeting that you can’t make last minute.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Being generous with positive feedback.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Laura’s wobbly moments and tips for coming back to work after maternity leave which includes leaning into the chaos.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I hope you get plenty from it and if you do, please would you leave a short review and a rating wherever you listen. Thank you so much.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;MORE FOR YOU&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;DM Jessica on instagram &lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/comebackcommuk/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;@comebackcommuk&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Get &lt;a href='https://www.subscribepage.com/comebackcommunity'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;Caremail &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;(free, every other Sunday at 7am)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Read &lt;a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848503199?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=wwwbeyoubutbe-21&amp;amp;link_code=as3&amp;amp;camp=2506&amp;amp;creative=9298&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1848503199'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;by Jessica Chivers.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a href='https://vimeo.com/759174786'&gt;Watch five coachees&lt;/a&gt; talk about working with us&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a href='https://comebackcommunity.co.uk/introduce/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Connect us to your HR team&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - bring the Comeback Community™ employee experience to your workplace&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

Ask me a QHello Bright Minds, my conversation today is with Laura Scougall, Head of ITV Academy. Knowing Laura is a chatty, confident person we decided to make it a freeform conversation without any pre-agreed questions so it’s a bit of a random episode that covers a lot of ground.We talked about:How to get back to sleep after being up with a baby or an 18 year old in my case.Coping with being placed at risk of redundancy and dragged out of your maternity bubble to think about finding another...

94. COMEBACK – Laura Scougall – ITV – redundancy risk on maternity leave – being open at work about demands at home (autistic son) – how to get back to sleep

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1575013/open_sms">Ask me a Q</a>Hello Bright Minds, my guest today is Sarah Banks from Arcadis, the global design and engineering company.  Sarah has two little children and was promoted after both of her maternity leaves.  We have a wide-ranging conversation including:  <ul><li>Challenges and benefits of after work socialising.</li><li>KIT days.</li><li>Being the main earner in her family.</li><li>Being surprised by feeling a drop in confidence.</li><li>Worrying about not being able to do her job when she came back. </li><li>The shadow board that Arcadis has put in place in the Places part of the business to bridge the generational gap between employees and the leadership team and avoid groupthink.</li></ul> MORE FOR YOU <ul> <li>DM Jessica on instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/comebackcommuk/'>@comebackcommuk</a> </li> <li>Get <a href='https://www.subscribepage.com/comebackcommunity'>Caremail </a> (free, every other Sunday at 7am)</li> <li>Read <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848503199?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwbeyoubutbe-21&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=2506&amp;creative=9298&amp;creativeASIN=1848503199'>Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work</a> by Jessica Chivers.</li> <li> <a href='https://vimeo.com/759174786'>Watch five coachees</a> talk about working with us</li> <li> <a href='https://comebackcommunity.co.uk/introduce/'>Connect us to your HR team</a> - bring the Comeback Community™ employee experience to your workplace</li> </ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1575013/open_sms"&gt;Ask me a Q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hello Bright Minds, my guest today is Sarah Banks from Arcadis, the global design and engineering company. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Sarah has two little children and was promoted after both of her maternity leaves. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We have a wide-ranging conversation including: &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Challenges and benefits of after work socialising.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;KIT days.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Being the main earner in her family.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Being surprised by feeling a drop in confidence.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Worrying about not being able to do her job when she came back. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The shadow board that Arcadis has put in place in the Places part of the business to bridge the generational gap between employees and the leadership team and avoid groupthink.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;MORE FOR YOU&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;DM Jessica on instagram &lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/comebackcommuk/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;@comebackcommuk&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Get &lt;a href='https://www.subscribepage.com/comebackcommunity'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;Caremail &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;(free, every other Sunday at 7am)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Read &lt;a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848503199?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=wwwbeyoubutbe-21&amp;amp;link_code=as3&amp;amp;camp=2506&amp;amp;creative=9298&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1848503199'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;by Jessica Chivers.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a href='https://vimeo.com/759174786'&gt;Watch five coachees&lt;/a&gt; talk about working with us&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a href='https://comebackcommunity.co.uk/introduce/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Connect us to your HR team&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - bring the Comeback Community™ employee experience to your workplace&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

Ask me a QHello Bright Minds, my guest today is Sarah Banks from Arcadis, the global design and engineering company. Sarah has two little children and was promoted after both of her maternity leaves. We have a wide-ranging conversation including: Challenges and benefits of after work socialising.KIT days.Being the main earner in her family.Being surprised by feeling a drop in confidence.Worrying about not being able to do her job when she came back. The shadow board that A...

93. COMEBACK - Sarah Banks - Arcadis - Adjusting to big changes at work after maternity leave – benefits of being main earner - what is a company shadow board?

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1575013/open_sms">Ask me a Q</a>Hello Bright Minds. My guest today is  someone who wanted a platform to talk about her experience of continuing to work on and off during breast cancer treatment with the single goal of helping others find their way through this really difficult time.  Tara Ferguson is an Associate Director within the People team of a medium sized bio-tech business. She’s worked in a number of different sectors and types of business, in roles ranging from People Business Partner to Lead Coach to Employee Wellbeing Manager, in a career spanning over 20 years. She lives in Scotland with her husband Andy and teenage daughter Charlotte - enjoying cold water swimming, CrossFit, reading and time with family in her spare time.We talk about:<ul><li>Deciding not to walk away from work completely for the duration of her treatment.</li><li>Coming back on a phased return at the end of last period of chemotherapy.</li><li>What best in class line manager support looks and sounds like.</li><li>The impact of a medically induced menopause.</li><li>How businesses can hang onto women and turn the tide of the numbers of women walking away when they hit menopause.</li></ul> MORE FOR YOU <ul> <li>DM Jessica on instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/comebackcommuk/'>@comebackcommuk</a> </li> <li>Get <a href='https://www.subscribepage.com/comebackcommunity'>Caremail </a> (free, every other Sunday at 7am)</li> <li>Read <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848503199?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwbeyoubutbe-21&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=2506&amp;creative=9298&amp;creativeASIN=1848503199'>Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work</a> by Jessica Chivers.</li> <li> <a href='https://vimeo.com/759174786'>Watch five coachees</a> talk about working with us</li> <li> <a href='https://comebackcommunity.co.uk/introduce/'>Connect us to your HR team</a> - bring the Comeback Community™ employee experience to your workplace</li> </ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1575013/open_sms"&gt;Ask me a Q&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hello Bright Minds. My guest today is  someone who wanted a platform to talk about her experience of continuing to work on and off during breast cancer treatment with the single goal of helping others find their way through this really difficult time. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Tara Ferguson is an Associate Director within the People team of a medium sized bio-tech business. She’s worked in a number of different sectors and types of business, in roles ranging from People Business Partner to Lead Coach to Employee Wellbeing Manager, in a career spanning over 20 years. She lives in Scotland with her husband Andy and teenage daughter Charlotte - enjoying cold water swimming, CrossFit, reading and time with family in her spare time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We talk about:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deciding not to walk away from work completely for the duration of her treatment.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Coming back on a phased return at the end of last period of chemotherapy.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What best in class line manager support looks and sounds like.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The impact of a medically induced menopause.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How businesses can hang onto women and turn the tide of the numbers of women walking away when they hit menopause.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;MORE FOR YOU&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;DM Jessica on instagram &lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/comebackcommuk/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;@comebackcommuk&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Get &lt;a href='https://www.subscribepage.com/comebackcommunity'&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;Caremail &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;(free, every other Sunday at 7am)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Read &lt;a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848503199?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=wwwbeyoubutbe-21&amp;amp;link_code=as3&amp;amp;camp=2506&amp;amp;creative=9298&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1848503199'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;by Jessica Chivers.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a href='https://vimeo.com/759174786'&gt;Watch five coachees&lt;/a&gt; talk about working with us&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a href='https://comebackcommunity.co.uk/introduce/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Connect us to your HR team&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - bring the Comeback Community™ employee experience to your workplace&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

Ask me a QHello Bright Minds. My guest today is  someone who wanted a platform to talk about her experience of continuing to work on and off during breast cancer treatment with the single goal of helping others find their way through this really difficult time. Tara Ferguson is an Associate Director within the People team of a medium sized bio-tech business. She’s worked in a number of different sectors and types of business, in roles ranging from People Business Partner to Lead Coa...

92. COMEBACK - Tara Ferguson - breast cancer - working through treatment - medically-induced menopause - how to stop women leaving in their 40s + 50s?

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