Squiggly Careers

Summer is a great time to kickstart your development with lots of small actions to support your career. There are lots of low effort actions you can tale to invest in your impact, develop your network and explore your future. In this episode Helen and Sarah talk through lots of quick and effective ideas that you can get started with straight away. If you'd like to learn more..... Download the Squi...

This week, Helen and Sarah tackle the tricky topic of ego at work. What it is, how it shows up and holds us back and how to respond to it. They share a survey to support your self-reflection and lots of ideas for action to manage your own ego and protect yourself from the impact of other people's. If you'd like to learn more..... Download the Squiggly Careers PodSheet to help you apply the insight...

This week, Helen talks to author and speaker Dorie Clark about the practicalities of reshaping your role. Whether you're looking for new ways to develop in your existing job or interested in exploring alternative opportunities, this conversation has lots of practical ideas and insights to help you take action! For more insights on Dorie's work and her latest book 'The Long Game' head to https://do...

One of the great things about squiggly careers is that you can develop in different directions and promotion isn't the only option. However, progression can feel hard when it's not always clear where we could go and how we can get there. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about exploring your progression possibilities and share practical ideas and approaches to support your career development. If you...

This week, Helen and Sarah discuss the importance of role models in our careers. Role models are people you admire and find inspiring. They help you to boost your belief and activate your ambition. Sarah and Helen talk about why basing your role models around what you're missing, reflecting on anti role models and investing time in a role model mood board can all be helpful for your development. I...

This week, Helen and Sarah are talking about why rituals matter and how to make them work for you. This discuss the difference between rituals and routines, how to create collective and individuals rituals and share 5 ideas for action to inspire you to create rituals at work. This episode is sponsorted by Union hand-roasted coffee, a company on a mission to help people discover speciality coffee a...

In our final episode of our Ask The Expert series, Helen speaks to author Sophie Williams about progression at work. Sophie is the author of two books; Anti-Racist Ally: An Introduction to Action and Activism and Millennial Black which looks at how Black women’s intersectional identities shape their experiences of work. Her career has included working in leading advertising agencies and running he...

Asking great questions is an invaluable career skill. It helps to accelerate your learning and build better relationships, but it's not always easy. This week Helen and Sarah talk about the skill of asking questions. They explore different techniques and approaches and reflect on how different people and places require you to adapt your style to get the insights and answers you need. If you'd like...

This week on the Squiggly Careers podcast, Helen talks to economist and author Sylvia Ann Hewlett about sponsorship. Sylvia is the author of 'Forget a mentor, find a sponsor' and 'The Sponsor Effect' and has a huge amount of insight and expertise on the topic. Together they talk about the difference between sponsorship and mentoring, the importance of starting with what you have to give and how to...

In Squiggly Careers, there is no one size fits all version of success. We can develop in different directions and success means different things to different people. However, it can be helpful to have some support in defining our of version of success and in this week's episode Sarah and Helen talk about how to do that. They share lots of different ideas for action to help you think about success...

This week the Squiggly Careers podcast is back with another expert guest. Sarah talks to Dan Cable, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School. Dan is the author of Alive at Work and Change to Strange and his work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, the Economist and the Financial Times. Together they talk about Purpose at work and how people can move away from gener...

Many of us feel like we've been living our working days on repeat for the last 12 months. A lack of variety and an overwhelm of virtual meetings have resulted in lots of people feeling far more tired by work than they do inspired by work. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about how to rediscover your inspiration and share 4 practical ideas for action to prime your mind including; immersive inspirati...

Feedback is a topic many people struggle with and this week in the next episode of our Ask the Expert series, Sarah talks to Kim Scott and Trier Bryant about how to put 'radical candor' into action at work. Kim Scott is the author of Just Work: Get *t Done Fast and Fair as well as Radical Candor. Together, Kim and Trier Bryant co-founded Just Work to help organisations and individuals create more...

Mentoring is one of the ways we can support other people with their career development. Anyone can be a mentor. It's not a role reserved for 'senior' people or people who have years and years of experience. We can all share our insights and perspectives with other people to help them learn about themselves and their career. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about practical ideas for action to feel c...

Happiness can seem like a complex topic. This week, Helen talks to entrepreneur and author Mo Gawdat who has created an equation for happiness, that bring clarity to the complexity. He's taken his personal experiences, his engineering expertise and insights from his own career to make happiness predictable and available to everyone. This week, Helen talks to Mo about how to apply his happiness equ...

In this week's episode Helen and Sarah discuss how to explore your potential. They discuss how stretching your strengths, understanding your risk readiness and curating your own (potential) curriculum are all practical ways to start taking action towards exploring your potential today. Stay in touch with Helen and Sarah @amazingif on instagram or via email at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Host...

In this week’s Ask the Expert interview, Sarah talks to author, radio host and TED speaker Celeste Headlee about how to have better conversations at work. Together they discuss why most of us focus too much on what we’re going to say rather than what we can learn from conversations. Celeste suggests practical ideas to improve the quality of our conversations including the difference between a shif...

The ups and downs of squiggly careers can take their toll and affect how we respond to challenging situations. Emotional agility is the skill of being able to manage our emotions at work so that they help us rather than hinder us. It's not about being robotic and having no emotions, instead it means being aware rather than acting on auto-pilot. As Victor Frankl said "Between stimulus and response...

In this week's episode Sarah and Helen discuss the 4 most common feedback challenges: how to get more improvement feedback, feedback from peers, giving feedback to your manager and giving/getting feedback when working virtually. Stay in touch with Helen and Sarah @amazingif on instagram or via email at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. L...

Building a personal board for your career can support your learning, increase your opportunities and help you overcome beliefs that might be holding you back. In this week's Squiggly Careers episode, Helen and Sarah talk about the roles that you need, how to find the people who can fill then and how to secure their help! For resources to support the episode head to www.amazingif.com - in particula...

Earlier this year Helen and Sarah worked with the TEDx team to deliver their first TEDx talk. From writing, practicing and presenting, the TEDxLondon team were there to support every step of the way. The team have helped 100s of people to share their ideas and present with authenticity. In this week's Squiggly Careers podcast, Helen and Sarah talk with Maryam Pasha, Director of TEDxLondon and foun...

Mistakes rarely feel comfortable, but they are an important part of how we develop the resilience we need to cope with the challenge and uncertainty of squiggly careers. In this week's episode of the Squiggly Careers podcast, Helen and Sarah talk about how to respond to and learn from mistakes. They share the LEARN framework and practical coaching questions to help you reflect and reset. You can f...

Whatever we do and wherever we work, learning is now the job for all of us. Working out what we want to learn and how to start, stay learning and make it stick isn't easy! In this week's Squiggly Careers episode, Helen and Sarah talk about a framework to help you focus and plan your learning and lots of ideas for action to make learning easier and more of your everyday. If you'd like to join PodPl...

So much to do and so little time, willpower and motivation to do it! Many of us have felt the impact of the pandemic on our energy levels. Our work levels seem to be ever increasing at the same time as our energy levels seem to be depleting. There are things we can do to help though. Practical actions that are in our control which mean we can invest in our energy and push through all the busyness...

Careers in times of Covid aren't easy for anyone. Blurred boundaries, endless virtual meetings, uncertainty and disconnection are leading to many of us feeling overwhelmed at work. This week Helen and Sarah get super practical with 10 tips to take back control and increase belief in your ability to get through this challenging time. If you'd like to join PodPlus, a live learning session with Helen...