Squiggly Careers

By: The Squiggly Career
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  • Squiggly 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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  • #440 How to take initiative at work

    #440 How to take initiative at work
    Nov 5 2024

    Taking initiative often feels like a nice idea that people don't quite know how to action. In this week's podcast, Helen and Sarah talk about why it's a skill that matters for squiggly careers and practical ways to increase your opportunity to take initiative at work. They share 4 different ideas including the importance of focusing on minimum viable progress and why you need to know the what and own the how. You can find the PodSheet, PodNote and full transcript for the episode 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 Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/skillssprint2024

    3. Sign up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/sc-podmail

    4. Read our books ‘The Squiggly Career’ and ‘You Coach You’: https://www.amazingif.com/books/


    If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com



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    31 mins
  • #439 How to be more efficient (and effective)

    #439 How to be more efficient (and effective)
    Oct 29 2024

    If you ever feel like you're not spending your time well at work then this week's episode will be a useful listen for you. Helen and Sarah talk through practical actions to help you be efficient (doing things right) and effective (getting the right things done). They discuss when a focus on efficiency can go too far and how to get the best balance for you and the people you work with. They share 5 ideas to help you to be more efficient with your time, your tasks, your meetings, your emails and your network. You can find the PodSheet, PodNote and full transcript for the episode 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 Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/skillssprint2024

    3. Sign up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/sc-podmail

    4. Read our books ‘The Squiggly Career’ and ‘You Coach You’: https://www.amazingif.com/books/


    If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com



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    39 mins
  • #438 How to overcome career complacency

    #438 How to overcome career complacency
    Oct 22 2024

    Career complacency happens when you're not intentional about improving your skills or exploring your future possibilities. Even when you're happy in your role, it's important to actively manage your development. Without it, we risk losing relevance and being less resilient to change.


    This week, Helen and Sarah share 5 ideas to action to overcome career complacency. They discuss how resistance goals can counteract a passive approach to your progression and the benefit of spending time with ambition allies. You can find the PodSheet, PodNote and full transcript for the episode 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 Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/skillssprint2024

    3. Sign up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/sc-podmail

    4. Read our books ‘The Squiggly Career’ and ‘You Coach You’: https://www.amazingif.com/books/


    If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com



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    30 mins

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Not really a review as I'm sold to your podcast and books. keep doing what you do and thank you for this podcast and the hardwork you put in it

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Interesting and informative

So far I have found all their podcasts interesting and very easy to listen too. They cover lots of relatable topics in a light hearted way, in my view anyway. I'll keep listening.

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