This week, Helen is joined by entrepreneur, author and athlete Jodie Cook to talk about success. They explore how to use your strengths to drive your success, how to create your own success formula (with Helen being a live test subject) and how to reframe the failures you experience along the way. To find out more about Jodie and her work head to www.jodiecook.com or follow her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodie-cook/ More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Read our latest HB...
Oct 08, 2024•37 min
This week Helen and Sarah are talking about workaholism, what it is, why it's a problem and how to respond if it's affecting you. They share ways to assess how at risk you are and lots of practical ideas for action to take back control.˚ For more support, download our Podsheet that supports the episode. You can find all our Podsheets at https://www.amazingif.com/listen/ More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Read our latest HBR article: https://bit.ly/3XmAcki-hbr10 2. Sign up for our Squi...
Oct 01, 2024•38 min
This week, Helen and Sarah explore the connection between individual and team success. Discover how bringing your best to work can become an accelerator for team growth, attracting new opportunities and projects that benefit everyone. Helen and Sarah share actionable tips to increase impact: from identifying what makes you unique and sorting out sticking points to strategically offering support and combining team strengths. They dive deeper into how you can add value and connect with your team, ...
Sep 24, 2024•39 min
This week, Helen and Sarah share their top tips to reset your approach to career development after a summer break. Time-off gives you the space to slow down. Ideally, we come back to work energised and ready to grow. However, returning to daily pressures and demands can result in development being depriotised and the opportunity for learning getting missed. To overcome this challenge, Helen and Sarah share 4 ideas for action to make career development easy and unmissable. From setting growth goa...
Sep 17, 2024•33 min
This week, Helen and Sarah are sharing a much requested episode where they talk about what to do if you feel like you might have made a wrong move in your career. As much as we might see people's career success stories on LinkedIn, the reality is that most of us have made a few wrong moves that we might regret. Together Helen and Sarah share practical tips about what to do in the moment if this is something you're working through right now. THey also talk about how to think differently about pas...
Sep 10, 2024•36 min
Now the Squiggly Careers Skill Sprint has finished, Helen and Sarah are back to normal with their weekly episodes and this week they are talking about how to make the most of the conversations and connections you already have. Growing your relationship ripples helps you to get access to more career opportunities. Helen and Sarah talk through 5 easy actions to increase the impact of your interactions and support your squiggly career success. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download ...
Sep 03, 2024•33 min
We're at the end of the Sprint! In episode 20 out of 20 of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint, Helen and Sarah talk about storytelling and how stories light up our brains in a different way helping you create empathy and human connection. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific...
Aug 30, 2024•9 min
This is episode 19 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about goal setting and how knowing what matters to you and what change to make it happen helps you focus and achieve more. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1. Sign up for...
Aug 29, 2024•9 min
This is episode 18 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about managing emotions and how you can be more authentic, gain trust, and create a space that helps others be themselves. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1. Sign up for...
Aug 28, 2024•9 min
This is episode 17 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about courage and the role it plays in helping you succeed in difficult moments and in stretching yourself at work. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1. Sign up for the sp...
Aug 27, 2024•9 min
This is episode 16 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about energy and explore how keeping your energy levels high can help you overcome challenges and achieve more. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1. Sign up for the sprint...
Aug 26, 2024•9 min
This is episode 15 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about work/life fit and how to avoid enmeshment and blurred boundaries to help you find a work/life fit that works for you. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1. Sign up fo...
Aug 23, 2024•9 min
This is episode 14 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about learning agility and explore the 3 key elements (navigating newness, understanding others & self-awareness) to help you succeed in new situations. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on ...
Aug 22, 2024•9 min
This is episode 13 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about empathy and how understanding different people's perspectives can help you build better relationships and increase your self-awareness. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topi...
Aug 21, 2024•8 min
This is episode 12 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about mentoring and how you can help create clarity and supercharge your self-confidence, opening up lots of new opportunities. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1. Sign u...
Aug 20, 2024•9 min
This is episode 11 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about focus and how you can cut through complexity and distraction to do more of the work that matters to you. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1. Sign up for the sprint ...
Aug 19, 2024•8 min
We're half-way through the Sprint! In episode 10 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint, Helen and Sarah talk about adaptability and how to match your skills and strengths to a situation while staying true to who you are. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1....
Aug 16, 2024•9 min
This is episode 9 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about collaboration and explore the impact of technology and the different ways in which we can collaborate so we're better together. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1. S...
Aug 15, 2024•8 min
This is episode 8 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about judgement and how good judgement can build trust, helping you take action and make things happen. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1. Sign up for the sprint and rece...
Aug 14, 2024•9 min
This is episode 7 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about presence and how to use face, space and pace to have the most positive impact. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1. Sign up for the sprint and receive a free guide to...
Aug 13, 2024•9 min
This is episode 6 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about strategic thinking and how to zoom out and look ahead to make sure you're moving in the right direction. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1. Sign up for the sprint a...
Aug 12, 2024•9 min
This is episode 5 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about influencing and how understanding others and gaining trust helps you achieve more of what's important to you at work. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1. Sign up for...
Aug 09, 2024•9 min
This is episode 4 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about coaching yourself and how increasing your self-awareness and taking action helps you have higher quality career conversations. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1. Si...
Aug 08, 2024•9 min
This is episode 3 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah explore the skill of presenting and discuss how you can find the best way to increase your impact. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1. Sign up for the sprint and receive a free...
Aug 07, 2024•8 min
This is episode 2 of 20 in the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. Today, Helen and Sarah talk about problem solving and how to view problems as an interesting opportunity to do something different and avoid getting stuck. New to our Sprint? Our Skills Sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less than 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and recommended resources on a specific topic. 1. Sign up...
Aug 06, 2024•8 min
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Aug 05, 2024•9 min
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Aug 05, 2024•3 min
Resourcefulness helps you to make progress when things inevitably get in the way of what you want to do. Whether the blocker is time, people or budget if we're resourceful in our response we can often find another way. This week, Helen and Sarah share 4 different ideas for action than can help you develop you resourcefulness skills. From pre-empting a no to working with your worry list, they share simple solution to help you get unstuck. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Sign up for ...
Jul 30, 2024•35 min
Career moves are often on our minds but we don't always feel confident about the right move to make. This week, Helen and Sarah share 3 questions to ask yourself if you're thinking of making a move and 3 questions to ask if you already have a specific move in mind. Reflecting on these 6 questions will help you to see more squiggly opportunities and reduce the risk of any move feeling like a mistake. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Sign up for the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: htt...
Jul 23, 2024•37 min
Though they might feel frustrating, career obstacles are inevitable. From bosses who feel like blockers to company restructures leaving you feeling stuck and scared about what's next, we've all been there. This week, Helen and Sarah explore how to respond to common obstacles so you feel more in control and create as much opportunity for your career as possible. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://bit.ly/squiggly-podbook2024 2. Sign up for PodM...
Jul 16, 2024•37 min
