Squiggly Careers

#363 How to make time to think

05 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Helen and Sarah discuss what we need to do to create more time to think in our week and why it matters so much for our development. They hav...

#362 Squiggly Career Story: Pinky Lilani

29 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this weeks episode Sarah talks to Pinky Lilani, CBE about her squiggly career story. Pinky shares how kindness, courage and people helping people h...

#361 Skills Sprint: Strengths

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about strengths and how practising strengths stories can increase yo...

#360 Skills Sprint: Personal Brand

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about building your personal brand and the importance of reflecting ...

#359 Skill Sprint: Grit

24 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about grit and how the 4Ps of purpose, positivity, people and progre...

#358 Skills Sprint: Leadership

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series, Helen and Sarah talk about leadership and how to prioritise involving rather than solvin...

#357 Skills Sprint: Conflict

22 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about conflict and what you can do to fix fiction fast.There are 20 ...

#356 Skills Sprint: Creativity

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about creativity and share how to use AI to accelerate creativity an...

#355 Skills Sprint: Questioning

18 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about questioning and how to use different styles of questioning in ...

#354 Skills Sprint: Negotiation

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about negotiation and share tools to try out to take control of nego...

#353 Skills Sprint: Assertiveness

16 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about assertiveness and share ideas for how to respond in challengin...

#352 Skills Sprint: Curiosity

15 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about curiosity and share their framework for having curious career ...

#351 Skills Sprint: Resilience

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about resilience and share their ideas on how to reduce enmeshment b...

#350 Skills Sprint: Listening

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series, Helen and Sarah talk about listening and share their ideas on how to do an interruption ...

#349 Skills Sprint: Critical thinking

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about the skill of critical thinking and share their ideas on how to...

#348 Skills Sprint: Self-belief

09 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series, Helen and Sarah talk about self-belief and share their ideas on how to move from limitin...

#347 Skills Sprint: Conversations

08 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 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 s...

#346 Skills Sprint: Experimenting

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 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, ...

#345 Skills Sprint: Self-awareness

04 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series, Helen and Sarah talk about self-awareness and share their ideas on how to use contrastin...

#344 Skills Sprint: Prioritising

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 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 watc...

#343 Skills Sprint: Asking for help

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 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 specif...

#342 Skills Sprint: Feedback

01 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This 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 regula...

#341 Ask the expert: High Impact Players

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Sarah speaks to researcher and author of Impact players, Liz Wiseman. Together they discuss the concept of High Impact players- peopl...

#340 How to release your (useful) rebel

18 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Helen and Sarah are talking about rebellion and when its constructive for your career. They discuss the difference between being a useful re...

#339 How to make time for career development

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Helen and Sarah talk about how to stop time being a blocker for career development. They share ideas from their latest Harvard Business Rev...

#338 Ask the Expert: Happy High Status

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode Sarah talks to writer, journalist, stand up comedian and all round squiggly careerist, Viv Groskop. Together they explore a con...

#337 Ideas for team ice-breakers and energisers

27 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The 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. Th...

#336 How to avoid the ‘AND overload’

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you ever feel conflicted by competing priorities, you are not alone! You might be struggling to balance short-term AND long-term thinking. You migh...

#335 How to stop multitasking

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This 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-swi...

#334 How to stand out to senior people

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 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...

#333 Ask the Expert: Leadership

30 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode Sarah explores leadership with Rob Goffee, Emeritus Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School and co-auth...

#332 How to get comfortably vulnerable at work

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Vulnerability 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 vulne...

#331 How to use AI to support your career development

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Helen and Sarah are trying out AI tools to determine which are actually helpful for your career development. From applications to interviews...

#330 How to derisk your career decisions

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this weeks episode Helen and Sarah discuss how to derisk career decisions, whether it's changing jobs, industries, taking the leap to work for your...

#329 Neurodiversity at work

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This 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 ...

#328 How to turn hard moments into helpful learning

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 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 (espec...

#327 How to quieten your inner critic

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our 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 them...

#326 How to develop the 5 skills to succeed in a squiggly career

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Helen and Sarah talk through the skills from their bestselling book The Squiggly Career. They share what they are, why they matter and idea...

#325 How to increase your visibility at work

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We 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...

#324 How to stay confident during a job search

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Looking 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 a...

#323 How to progress when you can't get promoted

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Promotions 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 m...

#322 When good enough is great

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This 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 enou...

#321 Women who have made a difference to our development

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Helen and Sarah talk about the women whose work has made a difference to their development. From authors to academics, sponsor and supporte...

#320 How to improve ways of working

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Helen and Sarah are talking about ways of working. They explore how to create clarity with roles and responsibilities, how to reduce confus...

#319 How to upgrade your listening

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Helen talks to journalist and author of 'You're not listening' Kate Murphy. Together they discuss why distractions are affecting our abilit...

#318 Achievement Overload

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This 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...

#317 Doing by Learning

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 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 ...

#316 Stress Tolerance

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 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 t...

#315 Social Influence

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 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...

#314 Critical Thinking

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This 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 t...

#313 Originality

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Helen 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...

#312 What's holding back your career development?

03 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Helen 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 creat...

#311 2022 in Review - How to look back to look forward

27 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 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 insig...

#310 10 ideas for action from the top 10 episodes

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Helen 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 pod...

#309 Ask the Expert: Networking with Sharmadean Reid, MBE

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this weeks podcast you can hear Sarah in conversation with Sharmadean Reid, MBE, founder of The Stack World. Sharmadean shares her perspective and ...

#308 How to create your career cushion (aka increase your career resilience)

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Have 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...

#307 How to improve your presence at work

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Presence 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 lang...

#306 How to start a portfolio career

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Helen and Sarah are talking about portfolio careers and how they can help you find more flexibility and freedom, increase your career resil...

#305 How to approach your first 90 days

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This 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 transit...

#304 How to change your pace and perspective

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When 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 s...

#303 How to bust the career myths that hold you back

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are 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 o...

#302 How to make your job application stand out

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Job 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 ...

#301 How to give and get fast and frequent feedback

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Feedback 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 f...

#300 How to take a coaching approach

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone faces knotty moments in squiggly careers and needs support to get unstuck. Learning how to take a coaching approach means that you can help p...

#299 How to talk about values in teams

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Your 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...

#298 How to create career karma

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Career karma is the benefit we create from taking a 'giving' approach to building relationships. This week, Sarah and Helen share 5 ways you can give ...

#297 How to make difficult career decisions

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Helen and Sarah are exploring how to make difficult careers decisions. When emotions take over it can be hard to see through a situation, bu...

#296 How to take control of your career

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is it possible to take control of your career in a world of work that’s full of change? Helen and Sarah think it is IF you focus on the right things...

#295 How to redefine (or define) your relationship with work

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this weeks podcast Helen and Sarah discuss why we want to take control of our relationship with work rather than leave it to chance. Together they ...

#294 How to find Fortitude with Bruce Daisley

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Helen and Sarah bring back Bruce Daisley to the podcast to talk about his brilliant new book Fortitude. They explore the 3 foundations of fortitude to...

#293 How to rethink about your relationships in and out of work

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This month, Helen and Sarah have been focusing on Squiggly Careers 'life skills'. So far they have covered health, sleep and money and in this final ...

#292 How your money mindset influences your career success

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Over the next month, Helen and Sarah are focusing on Squiggly Careers 'life skills'. They will be covering health, sleep, money and relationships and ...

#291 How understanding the science of sleep can improve your work

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Over the next month, Helen and Sarah are focusing on Squiggly Careers 'life skills'. They will be covering health, sleep, money and relationships and ...

#290 How to improve your health to increase your impact

02 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Over the next month, Helen and Sarah are focusing on Squiggly Careers 'life skills'. They will be covering health, sleep, money and relationships and ...

#289 How to avoid a holiday hangover

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you have a holiday ahead, chances are that you're already thinking about how you're going to get everything done before you go. Even worse, you mig...

#288 Beyond Burnout - Ask the Expert with Jennifer Moss

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have an ‘Ask the Expert’ conversation between Sarah and Jennifer Moss. Jen is an award winning journalist and author of The Burnout E...

#287 How to increase your freedom at work

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Having the freedom and autonomy to work in a way that works for us and on the work we find meaningful is a significant contributor to our motivation. ...

#286 How to help people to squiggle and stay

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The majority of people look outside of their company first when they are considering making a career move. This means that companies risk losing their...

#285 How to re-energise yourself and your work

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With so many things drawing on our energy reserves, it's not surprising that we can often be left feeling drained by the end of the day. This week, Sa...

#284 How to move forward from failure

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're all told that failing is a good thing, but it doesn't make it that much easier in the moment and we have a tendency to miss out on the learning ...

#283 How to stop self-sabotage

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Saboteurs are the negative voices in our head that generate stress and get in the way of our ability to handle work and life challenges. They often op...

#282 How to know whether to switch or stay in your role

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There are times in our careers when we are all faced with a decision about whether to switch or stay in our roles and it's not always easy to know wha...

#281 How to work well with different people

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Working with people who work in a different way isn't always easy but with awareness and skill, it can create lots of opportunity for everyone to be b...

#280 How to find friendship at work

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A big part of our happiness at work depends on the people we spend time with and finding genuine friendships impacts our engagement and performance. H...

#279 Ideas to invest in your learning

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As part of Learning at Work Week, Helen and Sarah share their best ideas to invest in your learning whether you have £50 or £500, lots of time or no...

#278 How to be a good manager

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Managers have a significant impact on people's engagement in their work and squiggly careers can often feel like it makes the job of being a good mana...

#277 How to use experiments to accelerate your career development

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Experimentation is a great way to learn at work and accelerate opportunities for your career. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about practical ways you...

#276 How to increase your assertiveness

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Making our work and our career work for us takes self awareness and assertiveness, skills we can all develop but ones that aren't always easy to do! T...

#275 How to build and be part of a career community

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Helen talks to Pritesh Chauhan, Head of Community for Sedex and one of the 100 people who become part of the 2021 Squiggly Career Advocate...

#274 How to create your career criteria

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Squiggly Careers are full of change and that can some times create confusion about where we should go and how we can grow. Creating your career criter...

#273 How to make manifestation work for you

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Manifesting is having a moment and this week Sarah and Helen take a critical view of the role it can play in career development. They talk about the v...

#272 How to create (not wait) for challenge at work

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Sarah and Helen are talking about the benefits of creating challenge at work vs waiting for it to come to you. They talk about why pandemic ...

#271 How to have a high trust team

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

#270 How to stop being a people pleaser at work

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 im...

#269 Squiggly Career Conversations: Eric Sim

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week is National Careers Week and Sarah and Helen are shining a spotlight of squiggly career possibilities with 4 conversations with people whose...

#268 Squiggly Career Conversations: Simon Mundie

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week is National Careers Week and Sarah and Helen are shining a spotlight of squiggly career possibilities with 4 conversations with people whose...

#267 Squiggly Career Conversations: Jim MacLeod

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week is National Careers Week and Sarah and Helen are shining a spotlight of squiggly career possibilities with 4 conversations with people whose...

#266 Squiggly Career Conversations: Steph Douglas

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week is National Careers Week and Sarah and Helen are shining a spotlight of squiggly career possibilities with 4 conversations with people whose...

#265 How To Own Your Reputation

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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#264 How to find focus and increase your attention with Johann Hari

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 at...