Squiggly Careers

To celebrate the launch of Helen and Sarah’s book The Squiggly Career, January’s Squiggly Careers podcast will feature lots of special guests sharing their own unique and inspiring squiggly career stories.This week, Sarah and Helen interview author and podcaster Emma Gannon to discuss how she has curated her career and inspired others to do the same. They are also joined by Levi Roots, who talks through the ups, downs, twists and turns of a career that spans music, entrepreneurship and media.For more information on this episode, head to www.amazingif.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helen and Sarah are back for part 2 of their ‘20 Questions for 2020 episode’ where they help you to set yourself up for success in the year ahead. This week their topics include gratitude, habits and grit. Listen to their answers and reflect on your own. The full list of 20 questions can be found at www.amazingif.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Helen and Sarah talk about 10 questions to help you reflect on 2019 and be your best in 2020. They share their own answers and insights on topics including strengths, networks and personal brand. The full list of 20 questions can be found at www.amazingif.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Squiggly Careers are great, but they are not always easy and they are definitely not straight-forward. Things go wrong just as much as they go right and in a world where we often focus on the shiny, filtered view that people may share, we can forget all the challenges that were faced along the way.In this week's episode of the Squiggly Careers podcast, hosts Helen and Sarah talk about failure, challenges and difficulties and how to respond with growth mindset and resilience.For links mentioned in this week's episode, head to www.amazingif.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Storytelling is a skill which can help you to connect with others and to share your ideas in a compelling way.It's a valuable skill to develop for your career and in this week's podcast, Helen and Sarah share their top tips for developing your storytelling abilities at work and the stories to focus on first.For links mentioned in this week's episode, head to www.amazingif.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How better to end another year of Squiggly Careers podcasts than by bringing some extraordinary people into the Squiggly Careers studio to celebrate!This week, Helen and Sarah talk to 4 people who between them are helping people unleash their extraordinary, creating a world of work without bias and helping women around the world see and use their power. Listen to Tom and James (founders of Tempest Two and Dose), Lauren Currie (Managing Director of NOBL and founder of Upfront) and Lizzie Pennie (Co-founder of Hoxby) share honest reflections about their energy gains and drains of 2019, what they have learnt along the way and where they will focus their amazing talents in 2020.Head to www.amazingif.com to for links and resources mentioned in this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many of us struggle to ask for the help we need to succeed at work.Often we fear what asking for help might say about us and our competence or assume that we can fix everything ourselves! In squiggly careers this will hold us back, preventing us from tapping into the energy and expertise around us and using our own talents on what we do best not just what needs to be done.In this week's episode, Helen and Sarah talk about the realities of asking for help at work and share their top tips for finding authentic ways to get the help you need.If you'd like to come along to the Squiggly Careers Live on January 20th, get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/squiggly-careers-book-launch-live-podcast-tickets-83247039135 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you know that 8/10 of us would be more engaged in our work if we were having regular careers conversations but only 16% of us actually are?There is a lot that we can do as individuals to have effective career conversations and in this week's podcast, Sarah and Helen share 6 different ideas that you can put into action. You can find a summary of the key points and thinks to resources over at amazing if.com.To join our new Squiggly Career Community on Facebook head to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/504139060131940/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Sarah interviews Jennifer Petriglieri, an Associate Professor at INSEAD and author of 'Couples that Work – how dual-career couples can thrive in love and work.' Jennifer has spent five years researching ‘dual career couples’ from over thirty countries from executives to entrepreneurs, from couples at the beginning of their careers to dual career grandparents.They discuss what ‘dual career couples are’ and explore the three significant transitions couples experience. Together they delve into the key question for couples to ask at each transition: 1) ‘How can we make this work? 2) What do we really want? 3) Who are we now? Jennifer shares practical ideas and actions that couples can take to navigate each transition successfully as well as what traps to look out for along the way. Finally, Sarah discusses the idea of couple contracting with Jennifer; who explains why we all need to talk to our partners about our values boundaries and fears regardless of what life-stage we are at. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Self-esteem has been linked to higher levels of happiness, satisfaction and quality of relationships.The day to day challenges of demanding work, tricky stakeholders and social-media led comparison can significantly impact our belief in our worth and value. In this week's Squiggly Careers podcast, hosts Helen and Sarah talk about how to measure and grow your self-confidence, sharing tools and tops to build belief in yourself.For links and resources, head over to amazingif.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.