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Squiggly Careers
Squiggly Careers is a weekly podcast that will help you take control of your career development. Hosted by the founders of Squiggly Careers. (https://www.squigglycareers.com/), Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper, together they cover all things work: from how to manage stress and overcome your confidence gremlins to micro-aggressions and discovering your strengths. Each episode is full of ideas, actions, hints, and tips that you can put into practice straight away. Every so often they take a break…
Episodes
Squiggly Careers#85 How to manage politics at work
Politics at work is something everyone experiences and no one we've spoken to yet actually enjoys! It seems like a 'fact of work' that politics is just part of…
Squiggly Careers#84 How to coach yourself
Coaching is a fantastic tool for your career and personal development, however it’s often expensive and out of reach for many people who would benefit from it…
Squiggly Careers#83 How to build your confidence support system
Squiggly Careers might be full of opportunity, but they are also full of challenge! Challenge can feel hard and at times it can affect our confidence…
Squiggly Careers#82 Mental health at work with Michelle Morgan
In this week's episode Sarah interviews special guest Michelle Morgan. Michelle is a social entrepreneur, with a number of awards to her name including EY…
Squiggly Careers#81 Making your language work for you
We all know the old rules about your impact being 7% what you say and the rest how you say it. This week, Sarah and Helen take on the importance of language at…
Squiggly Careers#80 How to be happy at work
What does it really mean to be happy at work and are we setting ourselves up to fail if we expect to be happy every day? We spend 90,000 hours of our life at…
Squiggly Careers#79 Coping with conflict at work
Does conflict at work fill you with dread? For many people, conflict is something to avoid at all costs and results in them stepping back and disengaging in…
Squiggly Careers#78 How to have children and a career (for future and existing parents!)
This week Sarah talks to special guest Christine Armstrong author of The Mother of All Jobs. Christine shares how work has changed whilst the needs of children…
Squiggly Careers#77 Switching Off & Slowing Down
Did you know that we are sleeping 1-2 hours less than we did 60 years ago, that over 2/3s of us work outside of our contracted working hours and that on…
Squiggly Careers#76 How to Get Inspired at Work
This week Helen and Sarah tackle the subject of inspiration. Where it comes from, why it's so important for our work and how we can cultivate it. They share…
Squiggly Careers#75 Building Empathy at Work
Empathy is a skill which underpins relationships. Often, it happens intuitively, but there is much that can be done to cultivate more empathic workplaces and…
Squiggly Careers#74 How to be a Productivity Ninja
This week we're joined by productivity expert Graham Allcott, founder of Think Productive, speaker and author of numerous books on the subject of productivity!…
Squiggly Careers#73 How to stop perfectionsim holding you back
Perfectionism at work is responsible for increased stress and anxiety and it's a common challenge people struggle with. It can be routed in a fear of failure…
Squiggly Careers#72 Goals Setting That Works
With so many competing priorities at work, setting effective goals and staying motivated to achieve them has never been more important, though it’s not always…
Squiggly Careers#71 How to work with micromanagement
Micromanagement is a big frustration for many of us at work. We all don't like it, but so many of us have to work with it. In this week's podcast, Sarah and…
Squiggly Careers#70 Career Possibilities & The Radical Sabbatical
This week, the Squiggly Careers podcast welcomes a special guest! Emma Rosen, author of The Radical Sabbatical, talks to Helen about what we can learn about…
Squiggly Careers#69 DIY Career Development
Taking control of your career development is easier than ever if you've got the motivation and you know where to look! This week, Helen and Sarah are sharing…
Squiggly Careers#68 How to be Influential
Cutting through the noise of work, so people hear you and your perspectives, has never been more challenging. It's the people who have influencing skills that…
Squiggly Careers#67 Managing Emotions at Work
We all experience emotion at work. Sometimes it helps us and sometimes it hinders us. This week, Sarah and Helen talk about the positive and negative emotions…
Squiggly Careers#66 The Joy of Work with Bruce Daisley
In this weeks special episode Sarah interviews guest Bruce Daisley, author of The Joy of Work, 30 ways to fix your work culture and fall in love with your job…
Squiggly Careers#65 Getting to Grips with Motivation
Not every day at work is a happy day. Sometimes it feels like our motivation to be our best and do our best at work, has got lost somewhere between home and…
Squiggly Careers#64 How to Write a Brilliant CV
January is the busiest time of the year for job applications, which makes it a good time to be getting your CV in order. Polishing off your CV isn’t just about…
Squiggly Careers#63 Ten Habits to Transform Your Career (part 2)
Start 2019 with new habits to transform your career. Covering topics like email management, curiosity and strengths, episode 63 is part 2 of the '10 habits to…
Squiggly Careers#62 Ten Habits to Transform Your Career (part 1)
If you're feeling a bit lost in your career, it can be hard to know where to start. In the last episode of the Squiggly Career podcast for 2018, Helen and…
Squiggly Careers#61 The Art of Reflection
When you’re busy it can seem counterintuitive to stop and reflect, but research shows reflection could be the secret to unlocking better work. In this week’s…
Squiggly Careers#60 How to be Great at Decision Making
In today's information fuelled world, we are each facing over 35,000 decisions a day! Thankfully, the vast majority are unconscious, but when it comes to your…
Squiggly Careers#59 How to Grow Your Gravitas
Gravitas isn't just for the Leadership Team! Everyone can operate with gravitas at work as a way of influencing people, generating support and standing out. In…
Squiggly Careers#58 How to be a Growth Mindset Manager
Managers are a key part of people being their best at work. This week, Helen and Sarah are talking about what it takes to be a 'Growth Mindset Manager'. They…
Squiggly Careers#57 How to Create a Vision for your Career
Squiggly Careers can making planning a bit pointless. All of the opportunity that we are faced with creates possibilities we can't predict. In this…
Squiggly Careers#56 How to be Yourself at Work
Being yourself at work is fundamental to a career that makes you happy. It's not always easy though. Sometimes we can find ourselves acting in a way that helps…
Squiggly Careers#55 How to Get Unstuck
It's normal to lose your mojo for your work from time to time. Feeling like this over a longer period though can lead to anxiety, stress and unhappiness at…
Squiggly Careers#54 How to be a Brilliant Communicator
Communication plays a big role in our careers, but Squiggly Careers mean that the rules are changing! Now we need to be able to communicate in virtual teams…
Squiggly Careers#53 How to Be Brave
With so much change at work, we're all faced with more decisions than ever about our careers and finding jobs and companies where we can be at our best…
Squiggly Careers#52 Leadership Lessons
This week, Helen and Sarah share their views on what has been consistent in the best leaders they have worked for and been inspired by. They identify 5 common…
Squiggly Careers#51 Unlocking Creativity at Work
Lots of people assume they are not creative because they don't have a conventional 'creative' job, however we all have the opportunity to bring new thinking…
Squiggly Careers#50 How to Leave Well
With a rise in the number of people exploring different routes of employment (self employment is set to triple by 2020) and data that shows we are now staying…
Squiggly Careers#49 Top Tech for Work
In this week's episode, Sarah and Helen talk about the technology they use on a daily basis to help them succeed in their Squiggly Careers. They talk about…
Squiggly Careers#48 Taking Growth Mindset from theory to action
How much time do you spend in fixed vs. growth mindset at work? In this week's podcast, Sarah and Helen talk about how to identify your fixed mindset triggers…
Squiggly Careers#47 Getting Back to Work
Does September ever remind you of going back to school? This week's podcast is about the post holiday opportunity to hit refresh on your year. New Year's…
Squiggly Careers#46 How Many Hours Should You Work
The 40 hour work week was established as part of the New Deal in 1937, yet it's still the prevailing work structure we work within. More recently, technology…
Squiggly Careers#45 How to Manage a Career Pivot
Over 60% of us would consider a complete change to our careers, but many people struggle to take the leap and put those dreams into action. In this week's…
Squiggly Careers#44 Feeling Lonely at Work
Workplace loneliness is on the rise and in this week's podcast, Sarah and Helen talk about what is causing the increase, the times in their careers when they…
Squiggly Careers#43 Career Q&A
Helen and Sarah are back with another Squiggly Career Q&A, where they respond to questions from the Amazing If community. This week they cover how to get over…
Squiggly Careers#42 How Knowing Your Values Unlocks Career Happiness
Values are what makes you you and knowing that can help you to make better decisions at work, leaving you more fulfilled and happy. This week, we share how you…
Squiggly Careers#41 How to be Great at Interviews
Do you love interviews or loathe them? In this week's podcast, we share some of our best and worst interview experiences and what we have learnt about how to…
Squiggly Careers#40 Introverts, extroverts and being your best at work
We all have a natural preference towards introversion or extroversion. In this week's podcast, Sarah and Helen talk about their own preferences and where this…
Squiggly Careers#39 How to Improve your Work Well Being
Squiggly Careers are full of opportunity and change, but they can also be confusing and stressful, affecting our happiness and mental health. In this week's…
Squiggly Careers#38 How to Get Promoted
Getting promoted is not the be all and end all of a happy career, but it's relevant to most people at some point. In this week's episode, Helen and Sarah share…
Squiggly Careers#37 How to Build and Be Part of Brilliant Teams
Being part of a great team makes such a positive difference to how you feel at work. Equally, those bad teams make the snooze button even more appealing than…
Squiggly Careers#36 How to Use Grit to Supercharge Your Career
Angela's Duckworth's TED Talk on Grit is one of Amazing If's 'must watches' for people looking to invest in their Squiggly Career Skills. In this week's…
Squiggly Careers#35 How to get a pay rise
Asking for a pay rise can be one of the most difficult conversations we're faced with at work. In this week's episode, Helen and Sarah share 5 actions you can…
Squiggly Careers#34 How to be brilliant in a new job
Whether you're in the early days of a new job, or feel like you're stagnating in a current one, Sarah and Helen's '5 ideas for impact' will help you to focus…
Squiggly Careers#33 How to Manage Your Manager
Managers are key to a happy career, but we don't get to pick them so we need to develop the skills to manage them the best we can. This week, Helen and Sarah…
Squiggly Careers#32 Squiggly Career Q & A
In this week's episode, Sarah and Helen tackle audience career questions and cover everything from how to fund your learning when your company won't pay to how…
Squiggly Careers#31 Imposter Syndrome
Did you know that over 70% of us suffer from Imposter Syndrome at work? A fear that you don't know enough, aren't good enough and might get 'found out' is all…
Squiggly Careers#30 How to present authentically
Presenting is often a part of our jobs, whether it's to a small team or on a big stage. Being able to present yourself and your ideas with confidence can help…
Squiggly Careers#29 How to manage stress
Busy is the new normal and our always on jobs with never ending To Do lists are causing higher levels of workplace stress than ever before. This week, Helen…
Squiggly Careers#28 How to fix your career plan
In a world of Squiggly Careers, rigid career plans can hold you back. Instead, Helen and Sarah share the value of exploring your career possibilities, giving…
Squiggly Careers#27 Finding out your strengths
Knowing what you're great at is a big part of taking control of your career but many of us haven't got the insight or confidence to talk about it with others…
Squiggly Careers#26 Why curiosity is a career super skill
Curiosity is an amazing skill to support your career development. It helps you to learn more, create more and connect more. Whilst some people may be more…