Squiggly Careers

his week Sarah talks to Harvard Professor Amy Edmondson to explore the concept of intelligent failure. Together they discuss why not all failure is born equal, why some types of failure are how we make progress and the importance of learning over knowing. To dive deeper into Amy's work we'd recommend reading her new book Right Kind of Wrong - the science of failing well (her other book, The Fearless Organisation is also excellent if you'd like to learn more about psychological safety)To read the PodSheet that goes with this episode head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n53. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Helen and Sarah are talking about strategic thinking - what it means, why it matters and how you can develop the skill at work. They discuss some useful strategic questions that you can apply to your career and some tried and tested frameworks that can help you zoom out and structure your thinking.To read the PodSheet that goes with this episode head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n53. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Helen and Sarah talk about the importance of creating clarity at work and the techniques and tactics you can practice to do it. They discuss how to use clarifying questions and the role of a clarity co-pilot to reduce confusion in conversations and communications. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint 2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n53. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a special episode this week, recorded at Squiggly Careers Live on October 17th. In this recording, you'll hear Helen and Sarah talk to Anna Whitehouse (aka Mother Pukka), Lucy Aylen (Founder of Never Fully Dressed) and Peter Komolafe (financial expert). Together they discuss how to build communities, the things which drain and drives you and your how your mindset influences your approach to financial management.More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint 2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n53. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Helen and Sarah talk about the factors that contribute to a high performing team. They dive into Patrick Lencioni's work on the Five Dysfunctions of a Team and share ideas for action to help you address common issues that impact teams. If you feel like your team would be 'even better if.....', this episode will be a useful listen.More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n53. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Helen and Sarah talk about pressure and the tipping point between productive pressure and pressure that negatively affects your performance. They discuss how different types of pressure (anticipated and unanticipated) and your sense of control of a situation (high and low) affect the most useful response you can take. They share their own high pressure moments and different ideas for action that have helped them to respond with confidence. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint 2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n53. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 impact.More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint 2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n53. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/sensitive-by-solo-jenn-granneman-and-andre/9780241525760More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n52. Sign up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 like. They also share coaching questions to make it easy to use squiggly language when you're thinking about your own development or supporting other people with theirs.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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is the first in a series of 20 episodes as part of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. The sprint 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 topic. In this episode, Helen and Sarah talk about Feedback and share how strengths spotting and radical candor can help to improve your approach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Sarah speaks to researcher and author of Impact players, Liz Wiseman. Together they discuss the concept of High Impact players- people who make a difference in their roles regardless of where they are in their career or what expertise they have. Sarah and Liz discuss the role of pragmatism in the workplace, how to play with your passion rather than be pushed by it, and how to adopt a 'create don't wait' mindset to increase your impact.Sign-up to August's Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Helen and Sarah are talking about rebellion and when its constructive for your career. They discuss the difference between being a useful rebel and a random rebel and how to spot opportunities to challenge the status quo. There are lots of ideas for action for you to be more confident in releasing your inner rebel at work.Sign-up to August's Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprintIf you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Helen and Sarah talk about how to stop time being a blocker for career development. They share ideas from their latest Harvard Business Review article to give you lots of practical tools and approaches to try out.More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n52. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] the August's Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/443xEd6-scss Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode Sarah talks to writer, journalist, stand up comedian and all round squiggly careerist, Viv Groskop. Together they explore a concept called 'happy high status', a new take on confidence which feels relatable and relevant to everyone no matter where your self belief is starting from. Sarah and Viv talk about how to escape the enemy of happy high status (judgement or fear of judgement), useful words and ways to describe how you want to show up and how to dip a toe in the water of 'what if.' 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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The moments when teams come together are crucial for bonding and belonging, but we can get stuck in a rut of doing the same things in the same way. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about lots of different ideas to include in your team meetings and moments that can help you to get the most of time spent together. Whether you want to get closer, work smarter or grow better they've got practical ideas you can try out.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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you ever feel conflicted by competing priorities, you are not alone! You might be struggling to balance short-term AND long-term thinking. You might be feeling frustrated trying to juggle investing in your development AND getting the day job done. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about what we can do to avoid 'AND overload' and how we can all develop 'AND agility'. In this episode, you'll hear lots of practical ideas for action to help you get started.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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Helen and Sarah tackle the topic of multi-tasking and why it's actually a myth! The reality of multi-tasking is that it's actually task-switching and the more we do it, the worse it is for our work. Together Helen and Sarah talk about practical ways you can spend more time in mono-tasking mode, increasing the impact of your outputs and working in a way that is better for your brain.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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Helen and Sarah talk about the role that senior people play in your career development and what you can do to make sure you stand out. They discuss the fears that can keep people from building relationships they need and share 10 ideas for action to help you to get closer to and more credible with senior stakeholders.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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode Sarah explores leadership with Rob Goffee, Emeritus Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School and co-author of the brilliant leadership book Why should anyone be led by you? Together they discuss how to approach answering what can initially appear to be a confronting question, the difference between management and leadership and why it's useful to borrow brilliance from social anthropology.You can also get a free copy of The Squiggly Career videobook! This offer is for May 2023 only - details below: - Head to: https://litvideobooks.com/the-squiggly-career - Click 'Buy' - Check out and create an account - Enter: SQUIGGLYCAREERSPODCAST at checkout 5. Once an account is created enjoy via the website or mobile app with the same login. 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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vulnerability is often accepted as a good thing at work but it's not always easy to know how to do it. This week Helen and Sarah talk about what vulnerability at work actually means and how to be vulnerable authentically and effectively. They share their own insights and reflections and practical ideas you can try out individually and in teams.You can also get a free copy of The Squiggly Career videobook! This offer is for May 2023 only - details below: - Head to: https://litvideobooks.com/the-squiggly-career - Click 'Buy' - Check out and create an account - Enter: SQUIGGLYCAREERSPODCAST at checkout 5. Once an account is created enjoy via the website or mobile app with the same login. 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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Helen and Sarah are trying out AI tools to determine which are actually helpful for your career development. From applications to interviews, presentations to problem solving they have got some recommended resources to support your squiggly career. You can also get a free copy of The Squiggly Career videobook! This offer is for May 2023 only - details below: - Head to: https://litvideobooks.com/the-squiggly-career - Click 'Buy' - Check out and create an account - Enter: SQUIGGLYCAREERSPODCAST at checkout 5. Once an account is created enjoy via the website or mobile app with the same login. 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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weeks episode Helen and Sarah discuss how to derisk career decisions, whether it's changing jobs, industries, taking the leap to work for yourself or changing career. They talk about 6 different types of risk that often get in the way of making decisions and how these risks can result in your career stalling and getting stuck. For each risk they discuss a different resolution, that can support us to make progress even when a decision feels scary. Together they also suggest ideas for what listeners can do if a risk becomes a reality. 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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Helen is joined by Dr Samantha Hiew, Founder of ADHD Girls and David Pugh-Jones, Trustee and Founding Member of one of the fastest-growing UK charities, Neurodiversity in Business to discuss neurodiversity at work. Together they talk about language and labels, the everyday reality of being neurodiverse in a workplace designed by and for neurotypical people and what we can do differently to create more inclusive ways of working that help everyone to be at their best. 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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weeks episode Helen and Sarah discuss how hard moments at work can help us learn. They explore how to repond when a hard moment happens (especially when it's unexpected), how to get perspective after the moment and training our brains so that in the future we can feel good about how we show up in a hard moment.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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our inner critic is the negative voice in our head that makes us feel smaller or 'less than' in situations at work. It's a common way people hold themselves back. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about how you can quieten your inner critic so it doesn't get in the way of your career growth and share practical ideas you can put into action.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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Helen and Sarah talk through the skills from their bestselling book The Squiggly Career. They share what they are, why they matter and ideas for action to invest in them. Whether you have read the book or not, this is a useful podcast to listen to if you want to take control of your career development and achieve more in your squiggly career.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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We can't always rely on our hard work being seen by the people who are important for our development. When we increase our visibility it leads to more awareness of our impact and more opportunities for our career. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about the actions you can take to increase your visibility with authenticity. It's not about doing more work and it's not about being the person who shouts about the loudest. It's more about the simple and consistent things you do so your work is seen, heard and recognised. 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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Looking for a new role can feel hard when it takes longer than expected and you're not sure what to do differently. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about how to stay confident during the job search process. They share 5 different ideas for action to increase your sense of control and make you feel more positive as you're going through the process. 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.gy/2xyo8i3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.