Squiggly Careers

This week, Helen and Sarah are talking about learning agility. When we are primed to learn from our experiences we are better able to perform in situations we haven't experienced before. Squiggly Careers have lots of newness and learning agility means you are better able to navigate it! When you develop your learning agility you can move with confidence into your courage zone and make a faster imp...

This week, Helen talks to author Jenn Granneman about Sensitivity and the benefit sensitive people bring to businesses. Together they discuss what it means to be sensitive, how you can spot it and how you can support it in organisations. You can find out more about Jenn's book "Sensitive; The Power of a Thoughtful Mind in an Overwhelming World' here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/444843/sensitiv...

The words we use at work affect the quality of our career conversations and the way we approach our development. When we use 'ladder-like' language, we limit people's potential. Making some simple 'squiggly swaps' opens up conversations and creates more opportunity for people. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about 5 common examples of ladder-like language and what a squiggly word swap might sound...

Judgement isn't a skill that often gets put in the spotlight, but it's something we regularly rely on at work. Decisions about people, projects, priorities and purpose all require us to use our judgement. In this week's podcast, Sarah and Helen explore what we can do to become more conscious of our judgement detractors and the actions we can take to improve our use of judgement at work. More ways...

This week Helen and Sarah discuss what we need to do to create more time to think in our week and why it matters so much for our development. They have lots of practical suggestions to create thinking patterns and techniques to help personalise your approach. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly s...

In this weeks episode Sarah talks to Pinky Lilani, CBE about her squiggly career story. Pinky shares how kindness, courage and people helping people have helped her to navigate her squiggly career so far. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.g...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about strengths and how practising strengths stories can increase your confidence in talking about what you want to be known for. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about building your personal brand and the importance of reflecting on what you stand for, who you stand with and what makes you stand out. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the serie...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about grit and how the 4Ps of purpose, positivity, people and progress can help you stick to your longterm meaningful goals. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series, Helen and Sarah talk about leadership and how to prioritise involving rather than solving and the importance of closing the say-do gap. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about conflict and what you can do to fix fiction fast. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about creativity and share how to use AI to accelerate creativity and a technique to use in teams to generate new ideas. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 mi...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about questioning and how to use different styles of questioning in different situations. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for ac...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about negotiation and share tools to try out to take control of negotiation conversations. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for a...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about assertiveness and share ideas for how to respond in challenging situations. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about curiosity and share their framework for having curious career conversations. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action an...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about resilience and share their ideas on how to reduce enmeshment by focusing on your world outside of work. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series, Helen and Sarah talk about listening and share their ideas on how to do an interruption audit. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about the skill of critical thinking and share their ideas on how to practice using problem statements. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and ha...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series, Helen and Sarah talk about self-belief and share their ideas on how to move from limiting to limitless beliefs. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about the skill of conversations and share their ideas on taking a shift vs. support response and having a set of go-to-curious questions. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about experimenting and share their ideas on how to use the 'pitch, prototype and pilot' approach to make it easier to get started. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is les...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series, Helen and Sarah talk about self-awareness and share their ideas on how to use contrasting questions to support your reflection and understand your reactions. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about prioritisation and share their ideas on how to use a 'win watch' to keep you focused and the urgent/important matrix to create clarity. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the ser...

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about Asking for help and share their ideas on how to be more specific about the support you need. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ide...