Return to Work with Confidence

Return to work with confidence

Feel a sense of clarity and control about what's truly important to you, what your career means to you and how you can thrive in your new role as a working parent.

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Do you have mixed feelings about returning to work?

So often we put all our energy and focus into our children transitioning into childcare. But what about your transition back to work?

Perhaps you’re excited to:

Reclaim your professional identity

Get your career back on track

Start doing something just for you again

BUT (and this is a big but) you’re:

Feeling like you’ve lost your confidence from a year out

Concerned that you won’t know what support to ask for to make it work

Wondering how you'll manage to juggle work with family responsibilities

This course will equip you with the tools and support to feel more confident and in control of your return to work.

Return to work with confidence

This empowering mix of online learning, guided self-reflection, mindfulness practice and group coaching will give you the gift of clarity. You'll get crystal clear about your professional identity now, what you want from your career as a working mother, and how to confidently communicate this at work and at home.

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Take ownership and control of your career

You don’t know what you don’t know

Taking this course a few months before your return to work will help you identify what questions to ask and what support you need. And how to get it.

The thing is, the people you live and work with aren’t mind readers. If you don't communicate what you need they may not know how to help - even if they've known you for years.

Create a support system

Until you become a working parent, you don’t realise the importance and value of having people around you who’ve been there and understand what you’re going through.

Together, we'll take practical steps to name and set up your support networks, both at home and work. You'll also get your own support group of other course participants.

Feel a renewed sense of confidence and clarity

Develop the emotional tools and resources to process the concerns and questions that are lingering in your mind.

Gain the clarity to make decisions based on your personal and professional priorities. Then articulate them with confidence.

Implement strong boundaries

Boundaries are one of the most helpful tools in your toolkit for success - at work and at home.

We'll get them aligned with your unique values and ambitions, making sure they properly protect your well-being too.

Tap into an empathetic community

This course offers a forum to connect and share with people who are navigating the path and to feel supported in the choices you make in being a working mum, whatever they may be.

You’ll get access to a community filled with empathy and understanding; enabling you to realise and create what’s truly important to you.

Here's what we'll cover:

Chapter 1

Reconnect to you

How could we start anywhere else than with you? You’ve gone through a life-changing transition. We’ll embrace that change. Together, we’ll reflect on what really matters to you now. You’ll identify your values and define your new version of success.

Reconnecting with what’s truly important to you will give you the confidence and clarity you need to make decisions that align with your personal and professional priorities.

Chapter 2

Reconnect to your professional identity

Returning mums often fear that a fulfilling career AND motherhood is just not an option. This chapter will dispel that myth and instead - bring your strengths and skills back into the limelight.

We’ll reflect on the undeniable value you bring to work - both as an experienced professional and as a Mum with a new set of transferable skills. You'll see how focusing on the work that aligns with your purpose and ambitions improves your performance and reduces the guilt.

Chapter 3

Get foundations in place at home

“How on earth am I going to juggle all of this?” It’s a question asked by so many mums returning to work. Overwhelmed and anxious at the thought of being the mother, the daughter, the partner, the worker, the friend.

You’re not alone in feeling guilt or shame that you can’t handle everything on your own. The answer is - you’re not supposed to. Together, we’ll delve into the art of the juggle - exploring ways to ask for help and create boundaries.

Chapter 4

Shape your role for performance

By this point in the course, you'll have a clear vision for what you want next from your career. In this chapter, you'll define the detail and turn it into reality.

How you approach and communicate your hopes and requests is key. We’ll focus on taking ownership of your career - being open, collaborative and ready to compromise. After all, your boss is not a mind-reader and they have their own priorities.

Chapter 5

A toolkit for your first month back

The first month back at work can be like entering a whole new world. You may simultaneously feel like you left only yesterday and like you left a lifetime ago. And that's OK.

It's an opportunity to start afresh - with new habits, a renewed sense of confidence and control. This chapter arms you with practical tools and guidance to ease the transition and have you feeling settled sooner rather than later.

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Let's talk about the specifics

How does it work?

Each cohort starts on the 1st Monday of each month. You’ll receive each Chapter, week by week. That way, you’ll have the time you need to manage your learning around your home and other life commitments.
How long will it take?

If you do the course in real-time, it’ll take you 5 weeks with a few hours each week required of your time. You'll have access to the programme for one year to offer you ongoing support during your transition back.
How do I sign up?

Whether this course is for you, or your team - arrange a call with me (below) to discuss your needs and best options.

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Your bonuses

Live Coaching Calls

At the start and end of the programme, we’ll come together to support and encourage each other. Through live group coaching, you’ll get direct support on your most pressing questions.
Private LinkedIn Group

Your very own private community - a support group of fabulous women who are also journeying through working motherhood like you.
Direct Access to Alice

Each cohort has their own WhatsApp group which is led by me, Alice. I'll be available for direct conversations of support with you throughout the programme.

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Meet Alice, your Course Creator & Facilitator

Hello, I'm Alice Darbyshire.

For over 20 years, I worked in HR to become the Partner leading HR & Operations. I'm an experienced ICF certified coach and a qualified NLP practitioner.

I have first-hand experience of how open conversation and positive collaboration can help create a workplace culture that enables working mothers to fulfil their potential.

And I’m also a Mum of 2. I’ve been in your shoes and experienced first-hand, the transition that’s ahead of you. Just like you, I’m travelling this uncertain road, navigating the balance between career and motherhood.

So now I'm bringing together my unique combination of skills and personal experience to challenge women and businesses to see the beauty of women having a career alongside motherhood. To enable people to see the possibilities and the choices. To see working motherhood can be brilliant. For everyone.

The Investment - £950 + VAT

If you'd like to invest in this course for women in your team, let's talk.

You can also purchase this course for yourself, and if you'd like to explore how your company makes the investment on your behalf, I can support you.

So whether this course is for you, or your team - arrange a call with me to discuss how to make it happen.

Let's do this

Don't just take it from me

Becky Brown, Planning Specialist

This course is life-changing. I've really learnt more about myself and gained confidence that I didn't see myself having. It's given me some reassurance that I'm exactly where I need to be and also some great skills to approach difficult subjects at home and work. I feel really confident to return to work and as prepared as I can be.
Jessica Lowe, Senior Lawyer

I've found the course particularly helpful in helping me figure out who I am and what my values are, what my needs and priorities are right now as well as what my strengths are. It helped me foster more introspection and self-awareness, and gave me the tools I needed to deal with certain challenges as a working mother and to shape my own future. When I signed up to the course, I felt excited to be doing something that felt 'proactive' adn by the end, I felt so much clearer about myself. I've articulated my version of 'success' and my goals and I feel more hopeful and motivated about my career in general.
Leanne Atkinson, Automation Director

Alice was like having my very own pocket coach. She was absolutely wonderful in guiding us new mothers back to a place of calm and clarity during a time in my life I've never felt more anxious or lonely.
Her knowledge and expertise in returning to work is second to none. She was able to help shift my mindset and allow me to focus on how I could gain control and move my career forward in a way which suits me. The tools she shared with us I will forever use going forward. I honestly don’t think I could have done it without her help.