This week Helen and Sarah talk about how to find your work/life fit when you are juggling multiple things and your priorities might be competing with each other. Helen and Sarah share their own experiences and practical ideas for action to find your best fit. Learn more..... 1. Download our PodSheet to help you apply the insights from this epsiode from www.amazingif.com/listen 2. Join Helen & Sarah on PodPlus this week on 2nd September 2021 for a free 30 minute zoom session where she'll deep...
Aug 31, 2021•37 min
As people start to rethink the role of the office, there are new questions about when and why people come together. On the Squiggly Careers podcast this week, Helen talks to psychologist Dr. Tomas Chamorro Premuzic about how the adoption of hybrid working practices can help people to be their best at work. They discuss how to make teams work effectively and how to respond to risks of proximity bias and micromanagement. Whilst there is no '5 steps to success' solution, there are lots of thought-p...
Aug 24, 2021•39 min
This week Helen and Sarah talk about how to proactively solve problems at work. Problem solving is a transferable talent that can help you navigate uncertainty at work and increase your impact. In this episode, Helen and Sarah share 6 different ideas for action to help you with inevitable changes and challenges of squiggly careers. Learn more..... 1. Download our PodSheet to help you apply the insights from this episode from www.amazingif.com/listen 2. Sign-up for our weekly PodMail summary: htt...
Aug 17, 2021•35 min
In this weeks episode Sarah is in conversation with ex FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss. Together they discuss how having the right mindset impacts our negotiations and the difference between positive and negative emotions. Chris then shares negotiation techniques we can all try out including how to move from wandering to knowing, calibrated questions and practising your late night DJ tone. To learn more about Chris' work go to: www.blackswanltd.com To buy Chris' book: https://uk.bookshop.org/b...
Aug 10, 2021•32 min
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 Squiggly Careers PodSheet to help you apply the insights from this epsiode from www.amazingif.com/listen...
Aug 03, 2021•39 min
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 insights from this epsiode from www.amazingif.com/listen Join us on PodPlus this week (Thursday, 29th July,...
Jul 27, 2021•33 min
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://dorieclark.com/ If you'd like to learn more..... Download the Squiggly Careers PodSheet to help you ap...
Jul 20, 2021•30 min
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'd like to learn more..... Download the Squiggly Careers PodSheet to help you apply the insights fro...
Jul 13, 2021•34 min
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. If you'd like to learn more..... Download the Squiggly Careers PodSheet to help you apply the insight...
Jul 06, 2021•29 min
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 and make the perfect cup at home. You can try their coffee through their coffee club and get it deliv...
Jun 29, 2021•32 min
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 her own agency Blanket Fort. Together they talk about how the glass cliff holds people back and what a...
Jun 22, 2021•29 min
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 to learn more..... Download the Squiggly Careers PodSheet to help you apply the insights from this ...
Jun 15, 2021•29 min
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 build a relationship based on trust. It's full of practical examples of people who have put sponsor...
Jun 08, 2021•31 min
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 and how to share that with other people. If you'd like to learn more..... Download the Squiggly Care...
Jun 01, 2021•33 min
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 generic advice like 'follow your passion' towards more practical actions to help them with purpose. There...
May 25, 2021•29 min
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 inspiration, collective inspiration and instant inspiration. To download this week's PodSheet, head to www.am...
May 18, 2021•23 min
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 equitable workplaces. For more on Kim and Trier's work head to: https://www.justworktogether.com/ Fo...
May 11, 2021•39 min
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 confident in your role as a mentor and ensure the time you spend with your mentees is as meaningful a...
May 04, 2021•30 min
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 equation to squiggly careers, how to invest in happy habits and how to help other people to be happy. Y...
Apr 26, 2021•35 min
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...
Apr 20, 2021•30 min
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 shift and a support response to how to approach every conversation with curiosity. You can watch Celeste...
Apr 13, 2021•24 min
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 there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth...
Apr 06, 2021•31 min
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Mar 30, 2021•30 min
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 particular my.personalboardroom.app is worth looking at. To enter The Squiggly Career Advocate Awards (closin...
Mar 23, 2021•32 min
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 founder of X Equals Productions. Maryam shares what she has learnt about how to tell compelling stories,...
Mar 16, 2021•33 min
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 find resources to support this epsiode on www.amazingif.coml/listen and join PodPlus, a free live ses...
Mar 09, 2021•35 min
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 PodPlus, a free live session with Helen and Sarah on the topic on learning at work, you can register at w...
Mar 02, 2021•36 min
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 to be our best. In this episode, Helen and Sarah talk about the benefits of doing an 'energy audit' ...
Feb 23, 2021•32 min
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 and Sarah on the topic on overwhelm you can register at www.amazingiflearning.com/courses/podplus. ...
Feb 16, 2021•33 min
Transferable skills are often talked about as the answer to a resilient career. However it's such a big topic area that the specific action you need to take isn't always clear. In this episode, Helen and Sarah make transferable skills practical and personal to you. They talk about how to align them to your career possibilities, how to go from an 'uber' skill like communication to a 'sub skill' like listening and where to invest your efforts and energy to make improvements. There are lots of reso...
Feb 09, 2021•33 min
