Trust in teams make a big different to work and wellbeing. This week Helen and Sarah explore the practical ways trust shows up and ideas for action to create teams where people feel respected and able to be themselves. They discuss the importance of assessing the practical and emotional aspects of trust, how to make mistake moments part of your team ways of working and the role of red table talks in addressing tough topics. Ways to learn more:1. Join the live PodPlus conversation on 24/03/22 at 9am https://www.amazingiflearning.com/courses/podplus2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'4. Join Future Learn Live on March 30th 2022: https://www.futurelearnlive.com/For questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lots of fall into people pleasing at work and while it's nice to be helpful, constantly prioritising other people's needs before our can have a big impact on how motivating and meaningful feels for us. In today's episode of the Squiggly Careers podcast, Helen and Sarah talk about the 8 signals of people pleasing and share ideas for action to help you respond in a way that can help you to be at your best.Ways to learn more:1. Join the live PodPlus conversation on 17/03/22 at 9am https://www.amazingiflearning.com/courses/podplus2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'For questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week is National Careers Week and Sarah and Helen are shining a spotlight of squiggly career possibilities with 4 conversations with people whose careers are as individual as they are! Today you'll hear Eric Sim.In the rest of the series you'll hear career stories from people starting a new career from scratch, squiggling and staying in organisations and creating their own unique opportunities.Ways to learn more:1. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail2. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'3. Access free courses and learning on the government skills for life website gov.uk/skillsforlifeFor questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week is National Careers Week and Sarah and Helen are shining a spotlight of squiggly career possibilities with 4 conversations with people whose careers are as individual as they are! Today you'll hear Simon MundieIn the rest of the series you'll hear career stories from people starting a new career from scratch, squiggling and staying in organisations and creating their own unique opportunities.Ways to learn more:1. Join the live PodPlus conversation on 10/03/22 at 9am https://www.amazingiflearning.com/courses/podplus2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'4. Access free courses and learning on the government skills for life website gov.uk/skillsforlifeFor questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week is National Careers Week and Sarah and Helen are shining a spotlight of squiggly career possibilities with 4 conversations with people whose careers are as individual as they are! Today you'll hear Helen talking to Jim MacLeod about his career in the Royal Navy and what he has learnt about how to 'squiggle and stay'.In the rest of the series you'll hear career stories from people starting a new career from scratch, creating their own unique opportunities and life as an entrepreneur.Ways to learn more:1. Join the live PodPlus conversation on 10/03/22 at 9am https://www.amazingiflearning.com/courses/podplus2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'4. Access free courses and learning on the government skills for life website gov.uk/skillsforlifeFor questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week is National Careers Week and Sarah and Helen are shining a spotlight of squiggly career possibilities with 4 conversations with people whose careers are as individual as they are! Today you'll hear Sarah talking to Steph Douglas, founder of thoughtful gift company 'Don't buy her flowers'. Together they discuss the realities of running your own business and how to overcome challenges along the way.In the rest of the series you'll hear career stories from people pivoting their career, squiggling and staying in organisations and creating their own unique opportunities.Ways to learn more:1. Join the live PodPlus conversation on 10/03/22 at 9am https://www.amazingiflearning.com/courses/podplus2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'4. Access free courses and learning on the government skills for life website gov.uk/skillsforlifeFor questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In this final episode in our series on how to find your focus Sarah talks to writer Johann Hari about his new book Stolen Focus - why you can't pay attention. Johann shares the factors that influence whether we can pay attention and how we can take regain control of finding our focus at work. Ways to learn more:1. Download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'For questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the third of four episodes on how to find your focus. In this episode, Helen talks to authors Sophie Devonshire and Ben Renshaw about their new book 'Love Work' to understand the practical actions you can take to focus on the work that you love. Together they explore how to discover, develop and deliver work that feels personally meaning and motivating. Ways to learn more:1. Download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'For questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the second of four episodes on how to find your focus. In this episode, Sarah talks to writer and podcaster Emma Gannon. Together they explore some of the key themes in Emma's new book (Dis)connected, including how you can reclaim time for yourself, how to redefine your relationship with technology and why disconnecting helps us to re-connect with the work that we do. Ways to learn more:1. Download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'For questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.