Squiggly Careers
421 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 16 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsSquiggly Careers is a weekly podcast that will help you take control of your career development. Hosted by the founders of Amazing If (https://www.amazingif.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 from talking to each other to interview other people who are leading the way in making work better. Past guests include entrepreneur and philanthropist Dame Stephanie Shirley, author of The Joy of Work Bruce Daisley, and neuroscience expert Amy Brann.
The Squiggly Careers podcast has been recommended by Harvard Business Review, Stylist, Marie Claire and Management Today.
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Episodes
#347 Skills Sprint: Conversations
August 08, 2023 04:30 - 6 minutes - 15.8 MBIn this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about the skill of conversations and share their ideas on taking a shift vs. support response and having a set of go-to-curious questions. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic. Sig...
#346 Skills Sprint: Experimenting
August 07, 2023 04:30 - 6 minutes - 13.8 MBIn this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about experimenting and share their ideas on how to use the 'pitch, prototype and pilot' approach to make it easier to get started. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic. Sign-up fo...
#345 Skills Sprint: Self-awareness
August 04, 2023 04:30 - 6 minutes - 14.4 MBIn this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series, Helen and Sarah talk about self-awareness and share their ideas on how to use contrasting questions to support your reflection and understand your reactions. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic. Sign...
#344 Skills Sprint: Prioritising
August 03, 2023 04:30 - 6 minutes - 15.5 MBIn this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about prioritisation and share their ideas on how to use a 'win watch' to keep you focused and the urgent/important matrix to create clarity. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic. ...
#343 Skills Sprint: Asking for help
August 02, 2023 04:30 - 6 minutes - 15.8 MBIn this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about Asking for help and share their ideas on how to be more specific about the support you need. There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic. Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, S...
#342 Skills Sprint: Feedback
August 01, 2023 04:30 - 6 minutes - 14.9 MBThis episode is the first in a series of 20 episodes as part of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint. The sprint is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic. In this episode, Helen and Sarah talk about Feedback and share how strengths spotting and radical candor can help to improve your approach. Hosted on Acast. See acast...
#341 Ask the expert: High Impact Players
July 25, 2023 04:00 - 42 minutes - 96.3 MBIn this episode, Sarah speaks to researcher and author of Impact players, Liz Wiseman. Together they discuss the concept of High Impact players- people who make a difference in their roles regardless of where they are in their career or what expertise they have. Sarah and Liz discuss the role of pragmatism in the workplace, how to play with your passion rather than be pushed by it, and how to adopt a 'create don't wait' mindset to increase your impact. Sign-up to August's Squiggly Careers S...
#340 How to release your (useful) rebel
July 18, 2023 04:30 - 33 minutes - 76.4 MBThis week Helen and Sarah are talking about rebellion and when its constructive for your career. They discuss the difference between being a useful rebel and a random rebel and how to spot opportunities to challenge the status quo. There are lots of ideas for action for you to be more confident in releasing your inner rebel at work. Sign-up to August's Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at h...
#339 How to make time for career development
July 11, 2023 06:23 - 26 minutes - 61.2 MBThis week, Helen and Sarah talk about how to stop time being a blocker for career development. They share ideas from their latest Harvard Business Review article to give you lots of practical tools and approaches to try out. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i 3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' htt...
#338 Ask the Expert: Happy High Status
July 04, 2023 04:30 - 44 minutes - 102 MBIn this week's episode Sarah talks to writer, journalist, stand up comedian and all round squiggly careerist, Viv Groskop. Together they explore a concept called 'happy high status', a new take on confidence which feels relatable and relevant to everyone no matter where your self belief is starting from. Sarah and Viv talk about how to escape the enemy of happy high status (judgement or fear of judgement), useful words and ways to describe how you want to show up and how to dip a toe in the ...
#337 Ideas for team ice-breakers and energisers
June 27, 2023 04:30 - 53 minutes - 123 MBThe moments when teams come together are crucial for bonding and belonging, but we can get stuck in a rut of doing the same things in the same way. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about lots of different ideas to include in your team meetings and moments that can help you to get the most of time spent together. Whether you want to get closer, work smarter or grow better they've got practical ideas you can try out. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers ...
#336 How to avoid the ‘AND overload’
June 20, 2023 04:30 - 31 minutes - 73.1 MBIf you ever feel conflicted by competing priorities, you are not alone! You might be struggling to balance short-term AND long-term thinking. You might be feeling frustrated trying to juggle investing in your development AND getting the day job done. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about what we can do to avoid 'AND overload' and how we can all develop 'AND agility'. In this episode, you'll hear lots of practical ideas for action to help you get started. More ways to learn about Squiggly Ca...
#335 How to stop multitasking
June 13, 2023 04:30 - 38 minutes - 87.7 MBThis week, Helen and Sarah tackle the topic of multi-tasking and why it's actually a myth! The reality of multi-tasking is that it's actually task-switching and the more we do it, the worse it is for our work. Together Helen and Sarah talk about practical ways you can spend more time in mono-tasking mode, increasing the impact of your outputs and working in a way that is better for your brain. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.g...
#334 How to stand out to senior people
June 06, 2023 04:30 - 41 minutes - 94.4 MBIn this episode, Helen and Sarah talk about the role that senior people play in your career development and what you can do to make sure you stand out. They discuss the fears that can keep people from building relationships they need and share 10 ideas for action to help you to get closer to and more credible with senior stakeholders. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the l...
#333 Ask the Expert: Leadership
May 30, 2023 04:30 - 44 minutes - 102 MBIn this week's episode Sarah explores leadership with Rob Goffee, Emeritus Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School and co-author of the brilliant leadership book Why should anyone be led by you? Together they discuss how to approach answering what can initially appear to be a confronting question, the difference between management and leadership and why it's useful to borrow brilliance from social anthropology. You can also get a free copy of The Squiggly Career vide...
#332 How to get comfortably vulnerable at work
May 23, 2023 04:30 - 48 minutes - 110 MBVulnerability is often accepted as a good thing at work but it's not always easy to know how to do it. This week Helen and Sarah talk about what vulnerability at work actually means and how to be vulnerable authentically and effectively. They share their own insights and reflections and practical ideas you can try out individually and in teams. You can also get a free copy of The Squiggly Career videobook! This offer is for May 2023 only - details below: - Head to: https://litvideobooks.c...
#331 How to use AI to support your career development
May 16, 2023 04:30 - 42 minutes - 97.2 MBThis week Helen and Sarah are trying out AI tools to determine which are actually helpful for your career development. From applications to interviews, presentations to problem solving they have got some recommended resources to support your squiggly career. You can also get a free copy of The Squiggly Career videobook! This offer is for May 2023 only - details below: - Head to: https://litvideobooks.com/the-squiggly-career - Click 'Buy' - Check out and create an account - Enter: ...
#330 How to derisk your career decisions
May 09, 2023 04:30 - 45 minutes - 103 MBIn this weeks episode Helen and Sarah discuss how to derisk career decisions, whether it's changing jobs, industries, taking the leap to work for yourself or changing career. They talk about 6 different types of risk that often get in the way of making decisions and how these risks can result in your career stalling and getting stuck. For each risk they discuss a different resolution, that can support us to make progress even when a decision feels scary. Together they also suggest ideas for ...
#329 Neurodiversity at work
May 02, 2023 04:30 - 38 minutes - 87.6 MBThis week, Helen is joined by Dr Samantha Hiew, Founder of ADHD Girls and David Pugh-Jones, Trustee and Founding Member of one of the fastest-growing UK charities, Neurodiversity in Business to discuss neurodiversity at work. Together they talk about language and labels, the everyday reality of being neurodiverse in a workplace designed by and for neurotypical people and what we can do differently to create more inclusive ways of working that help everyone to be at their best. More ways to...
#329 Neurodiveristy at work
May 02, 2023 04:30 - 38 minutes - 87.6 MBThis week, Helen is joined by Dr Samantha Hiew, Founder of ADHD Girls and David Pugh-Jones, Trustee and Founding Member of one of the fastest-growing UK charities, Neurodiversity in Business to discuss neurodiversity at work. Together they talk about language and labels, the everyday reality of being neurodiverse in a workplace designed by and for neurotypical people and what we can do differently to create more inclusive ways of working that help everyone to be at their best. More ways to...
#328 How to turn hard moments into helpful learning
April 25, 2023 04:30 - 29 minutes - 66.7 MBIn this weeks episode Helen and Sarah discuss how hard moments at work can help us learn. They explore how to repond when a hard moment happens (especially when it's unexpected), how to get perspective after the moment and training our brains so that in the future we can feel good about how we show up in a hard moment. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly c...
#327 How to quieten your inner critic
April 18, 2023 04:30 - 39 minutes - 89.4 MBOur inner critic is the negative voice in our head that makes us feel smaller or 'less than' in situations at work. It's a common way people hold themselves back. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about how you can quieten your inner critic so it doesn't get in the way of your career growth and share practical ideas you can put into action. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of t...
#326 How to develop the 5 skills to succeed in a squiggly career
April 11, 2023 04:30 - 50 minutes - 115 MBThis week, Helen and Sarah talk through the skills from their bestselling book The Squiggly Career. They share what they are, why they matter and ideas for action to invest in them. Whether you have read the book or not, this is a useful podcast to listen to if you want to take control of your career development and achieve more in your squiggly career. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up for PodMail, a week...
#325 How to increase your visibility at work
April 04, 2023 04:30 - 41 minutes - 94.8 MBWe can't always rely on our hard work being seen by the people who are important for our development. When we increase our visibility it leads to more awareness of our impact and more opportunities for our career. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about the actions you can take to increase your visibility with authenticity. It's not about doing more work and it's not about being the person who shouts about the loudest. It's more about the simple and consistent things you do so your work is see...
#324 How to stay confident during a job search
March 28, 2023 04:30 - 28 minutes - 66.1 MBLooking for a new role can feel hard when it takes longer than expected and you're not sure what to do differently. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about how to stay confident during the job search process. They share 5 different ideas for action to increase your sense of control and make you feel more positive as you're going through the process. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly s...
#323 How to progress when you can't get promoted
March 21, 2023 05:30 - 46 minutes - 107 MBPromotions are a career focus for lots of people, but they are not always possible for everyone. Whether a promotion is motivating because of pay or more power, the opportunity to work with new people or do more of the work you love (and less of the work you don't), there are other alternatives you can explore to get what you want from work. If you feel like you can't get promoted, we don't want your career development to stall and this week Helen and Sarah talk about what you can do to resp...
#322 When good enough is great
March 14, 2023 04:00 - 39 minutes - 90 MBThis week, Helen and Sarah talk about how trying to make everything great can get in the way of your growth. They discuss how to practice a 'good enough' approach to reduce pressure and accelerate your progress. Their mindset matrix will help you self-assess how a need for control affects your work and they share 5 ideas to adapt your approach and recognise when it's good to let go. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 ...
#321 Women who have made a difference to our development
March 07, 2023 05:30 - 37 minutes - 85.8 MBThis week, Helen and Sarah talk about the women whose work has made a difference to their development. From authors to academics, sponsor and supporters, Helen and Sarah will help you to think through your own career development community. If you’re in search of some new sources of inspiration, this could be a good episode for you! ...
#320 How to improve ways of working
February 28, 2023 05:30 - 44 minutes - 102 MBThis week, Helen and Sarah are talking about ways of working. They explore how to create clarity with roles and responsibilities, how to reduce confusion by reviewing your tools and tech and how to develop a unique culture with rhythms and rituals. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the lates...
#319 How to upgrade your listening
February 21, 2023 05:30 - 41 minutes - 94.1 MBThis week, Helen talks to journalist and author of 'You're not listening' Kate Murphy. Together they discuss why distractions are affecting our ability to listen and simple ways you can upgrade your listening skills including team improvision exercises and some propmts to reflect on the quality of your conversations. To learn more about Kate and her work head to https://www.journalistkatemurphy.com/ More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https:...
#318 Achievement Overload
February 14, 2023 05:30 - 30 minutes - 70.5 MBThis week, Sarah and Helen talk about how a need to achieve can get in the way of your growth. They help you to assess whether you are an overachiever, explore the implications for your development and discuss how to gain more perspective and increase your performance. For more on this topic, pre-order Emma Gannon's new book The Success Myth now: https://bit.ly/TheSuccessMyth More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sig...
#317 Doing by Learning
February 07, 2023 05:30 - 47 minutes - 109 MBIn this Ask the Expert episode of the squiggly careers podcast Sarah has a conversation with author and founder David Erixon about the topic of Doing by Learning. Together they discuss what learning through experiences really looks like, what the challanges are and the practical actions we can all take to make learning part of our day to day. David's article: https://medium.com/hacker-maker-teacher/doing-by-learning-by-david-erixon-c0f1fb4b9446 More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: ...
#316 Stress Tolerance
January 31, 2023 05:30 - 47 minutes - 109 MBIn the final episode of the Squiggly Soft Skills Series, Helen and Sarah talk about the topic of Stress Tolerance. They borrow insights from 2 books to support the conversation. Helen reads Widen the Window by Elizabeth A. Stanley PHD and Sarah reviews When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate. Together they share insights, ideas and actions to support your stress tolerance at work. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Si...
#315 Social Influence
January 24, 2023 05:30 - 38 minutes - 89.2 MBIn this week's episode Helen and Sarah talk about the skill of social influence as part of the four-part soft skills series. Helen reads Techniques of Social Influence by Dariusz Dolinski and Sarah reviews Invisible Influence by Jonan Berger. Together they share insights, ideas and actions to develop your skills of social influence at work. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary o...
#314 Critical Thinking
January 17, 2023 05:30 - 43 minutes - 99.5 MBThis is the second episode of a four part series of the soft skills we need to succeed in our squiggly career. This week Helen and Sarah take on the topic of critical thinking and review two books to learn more. Helen reads Framers by Francis de Véricourt, Kenneth Cukier, and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Sarah reads Harvard Business Review's brand new book THE HBR Guide to Critical Thinking. Together they share insights, ideas and actions to develop your approach to critical thinking at wor...
#313 Originality
January 10, 2023 05:30 - 43 minutes - 100 MBHelen and Sarah are back with another squiggly skills series and this time they are focusing on the soft skills we all need to succeed. Over the next 4 weeks they’ll be exploring originality, critical thinking, social influence and stress tolerance. For each episode, they will read and review 2 books on the topic to understand more about the skill - what it is, why it matters and how we can all develop and demonstrate it at work. This episode of the soft skills series kicks-off with orig...
#312 What's holding back your career development?
January 03, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes - 63.8 MBHelen and Sarah's most recent article for Harvard Business Review is now live and in this episode, they bring it to life! Listen and learn about creative ideas to overcome the most common career challenges, such as; not having enough time to learn, not having people who can help you, not knowing what to focus on for your development and not having progression options in your organisation. You can read the full article here: https://hbr.org/2022/12/whats-holding-back-your-career-development?...
#311 2022 in Review - How to look back to look forward
December 27, 2022 05:30 - 59 minutes - 136 MBIn the final episode of the year, Helen and Sarah reflect on a series of questions to support awareness and action. You'll get behind-the-scenes insight into the reality of Helen and Sarah running a company together and having their toughest year yet in a 20-year long friendship. You'll also be able to take the questions they use to reflect on your own year and think about what you might do differently in 2023. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers Pod...
#310 10 ideas for action from the top 10 episodes
December 20, 2022 05:30 - 30 minutes - 70 MBHelen and Sarah have reviewed the most downloaded podcast episodes and shared an idea for action from each of them in this week's Squiggly Careers podcast. Listen and learn about: 1. Improving your work/life fit 2. Getting the most from your 121’s 3. How to stop being a people pleaser 4. Exploring your progression possibilities 5. How to be a good manager 6. Increasing your assertiveness 7. How to ask better questions 8. How to negotiate for what you need 9. How to manage your mon...
#309 Ask the Expert: Networking with Sharmadean Reid, MBE
December 13, 2022 05:30 - 49 minutes - 113 MBIn this weeks podcast you can hear Sarah in conversation with Sharmadean Reid, MBE, founder of The Stack World. Sharmadean shares her perspective and practical advice on networking, and explores the power of creating connections by asking curious questions. Together they also discuss the difference between networking and community and why friendship is fundamental part of our careers. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5...
#308 How to create your career cushion (aka increase your career resilience)
December 06, 2022 05:30 - 31 minutes - 71 MBHave you come across the term 'career cushioning'? It's essentially about how you protect your career from changes that might feel out of your control and actively invest in yourself to keep your options open. This week, Helen and Sarah talk through 3 ideas for action to help to create your career cushion and increase your role resilience. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of...
#307 How to improve your presence at work
November 29, 2022 10:59 - 34 minutes - 78.9 MBPresence can seem like a tricky topic, so this week Helen and Sarah are making it practical. They talk about the 3 principles of presence and how language, your body and your use of power can all play a role. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i 3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazin...
#306 How to start a portfolio career
November 22, 2022 05:30 - 34 minutes - 77.9 MBThis week, Helen and Sarah are talking about portfolio careers and how they can help you find more flexibility and freedom, increase your career resilience and stretch your strengths. They share lots of practical ideas for action to get you started including portfolio plotting. planning your pattern and balancing risk vs. reliability in your roles. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly su...
#305 How to approach your first 90 days
November 15, 2022 05:30 - 24 minutes - 55.2 MBThis week, Helen talks to the author of 'The First 90 Days' Michael D. Watkins about how to start a new job well. Together they discuss common transition traps, actions to take regularly in your role and how to make sure that you leave a job without burning your bridges. Read the First 90 Days: https://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Days-Updated-Expanded-Strategies/dp/1422188612 More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up ...
#304 How to change your pace and perspective
November 08, 2022 05:30 - 40 minutes - 92.3 MBWhen work feels out of control or a bit overwhelming, it can be a flag that we need to reassess our pace and perspective. This week, Helen and Sarah share practical ideas for action to slow down or speed up your work. They also help you to understand whether the perspective you're working with is helping you to do your best work. If you want to feel more in control of how work is making you feel, then this is the epsiode for you. More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 1. Download our...
#303 How to bust the career myths that hold you back
November 01, 2022 05:30 - 41 minutes - 95.5 MBAre career myths holding you back? This week, Helen and Sarah are in myth-busting mode talking about the most common assumptions that get in the way of people's growth and sharing ideas for action to overcome them. So if you've ever felt that asking for help is a sign of weakness, or that going back means going backwards in your careers then this week's episode might be a useful listen for you. More ways to learn: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up ...
#302 How to make your job application stand out
October 25, 2022 04:30 - 26 minutes - 60.5 MBJob applications are an important part of a recruitment process, however it can feel hard to work out how to stand out when there is so much you need to say. In this week's Squiggly Careers podcast episode, Helen and Sarah go back to basics and focus on the most important factors that often get overlooked. They also share their ideas for 'even better if' when you're looking to make a positive impression with your CV, covering letter or LinkedIn profile (or hopefully all three!). More ways t...
#301 How to give and get fast and frequent feedback
October 18, 2022 04:30 - 33 minutes - 76.2 MBFeedback is a brilliant source of data for our development but too often fear and formality get in the way. This week, Helen and Sarah share 5 ideas for action for you to give and get faster and more frequent feedback. Listen for ideas on quick questions to action, hwo to be a strengths spotter and lots more. More ways to learn: 1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i ...
#300 How to take a coaching approach
October 11, 2022 04:30 - 44 minutes - 102 MBEveryone faces knotty moments in squiggly careers and needs support to get unstuck. Learning how to take a coaching approach means that you can help people to help themselves, so they can navigate their way through tough times today and feel more confident about how they approach career challenges in the future. In this episode, Sarah and Helen talk through the mindset, skillset and toolkit to help you take a coaching approach. It's an episode full of practical tips and tools, so don't forge...
#299 How to talk about values in teams
October 04, 2022 04:30 - 39 minutes - 89.3 MBYour person values are an important thing to reflect on but increased self-awareness can only get you so far. Values are useful in managing a squiggly career but the awareness needs to be matched with action. Talking about values in teams helps to understand people better and spot opportunities to live your values more at work. This week, Helen and Sarah share 4 practical ways that teams can explore values together to build connection, avoid conflict and support each other through all of the...