Squiggly Careers

The Squiggly Career

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.

For more ideas, tools and inspiration every week, you can also sign up to their newsletter Squiggly Careers in Action.

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Sep 17, 2019 · 1 hr 4 min
#100 Squiggly Careers Live - How to make work better for everyone
In celebration of 100 episodes of the Squiggly Careers podcast, hosts Helen and Sarah bring together 4 people that are making work better for everyone with a live studio audience.In this episode you'll hear from Simon Biltcliffe about how mar...
Sep 10, 2019 · 33 min
#99 Secrets to success with Dame Stephanie Shirley
This week Sarah interviews special guest Dame Stephanie Shirley; tech pioneer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. In this episode we talk about what it was like to start a tech business as a woman in 1962 with a £6 initial investment (she went on to make...
Sep 3, 2019 · 44 min
#98 How to have courageous conversations
Do you ever struggle to speak up or feel frustrated in your ability to share your views and opinions at work? If so, don't worry, in this week's Squiggly Career podcast Helen and Sarah share their top 5 tips for preparing for and engaging in ...
Aug 27, 2019 · 46 min
#97 How to use your emotions at work with Mollie West Duffy
This week Sarah is joined by special guest and co-author of the book, No Hard Feelings, Mollie West Duffy. Mollie shares her insights and ideas about the new rules of emotions at work including: be less passionate about your job, inspire yourself and w...
Aug 20, 2019 · 26 min
#96 How to use LinkedIn to boost your career
This week, Helen talks to Rachael Glynne from LinkedIn to help you make the most of the platform. Whether you are an active user or you’ve let your profile gather dust, this week’s podcast will help you to standout on LinkedIn and build your brand and ...
Aug 13, 2019 · 39 min
#95 How to prioritise your work
Emails. Projects. Meetings. The long list of things you want to do and things you think you should do! Our work can sometimes feel overwhelming and difficult to manage. In this week’s Squiggly Careers podcast, Helen and Sarah talk about how to cut thro...
Aug 6, 2019 · 42 min
#94 How to manage your future and your finances with Heather McGregor
If you haven't heard of Heather McGregor, you need to listen to this week's Squiggly Careers podcast! Heather is one of the most squiggly and brilliant people we have met and have long been inspired by her journey. Her book 'Careers Advi...
Jul 30, 2019 · 45 min
#93 How to have a career as a freelancer
Squiggly Careers allow people to try many different modes of work and one that comes up a lot for our community is freelancing. If you’re curious about what work is like as a freelancer and how you go about making the leap from corporate life to freela...
Jul 23, 2019 · 44 min
#92 How to negotiate with impact
Negotiation can feel like one of those skills we know we could be better at, but we're not sure how to go about improving. It's in the moments when we know negotiating would really help us (think salary negotiations and job crafting) that we ...
Jul 16, 2019 · 42 min
#91 How to manage for the first time
Managing for the first time can feel like a daunting experience that triggers all kinds of Confidence Gremlins. What if I get found out? How do I help people when I don't know how to help myself? How do I feel in control without micromanaging? In ...
Jul 9, 2019 · 31 min
#90 In conversation with the UK's First Minister for Loneliness
Loneliness is a growing issue in the workplace and one that we can all take action on to support people. In this week's podcast, Helen interviews Tracey Crouch, the UK's first Minister for Loneliness about the Loneliness Strategy and the work...
Jul 2, 2019 · 37 min
#89 How to increase your social impact
Our careers are longer than ever and more and more people are looking not only to do a great job, but also to make a difference. In this week's Squiggly Careers podcast, Sarah and Helen talk about how to increase your social impact at work. They s...
Jun 25, 2019 · 30 min
#88 Responding to microaggressions at work
How aware and affected are you of microaggressions at work? Perhaps it’s something you’ve not heard of before or maybe you think you may have unintentionally done something that could be categorised as a microaggression. This week, Helen and Sarah deep...
Jun 18, 2019 · 40 min
#87 How to succeed at work
Success is often defined by what we see others doing and achieving or external signals like salary and status. This search for external success can leave people feeling demotivated and frustrated. The reality is that we all have individual definitions ...
Jun 11, 2019 · 38 min
#86 Neuroscience at work with Amy Brann
This week's Squiggly Careers podcast episode features neuroscience expert Amy Brann, sharing her wisdom about how we can use our knowledge of the brain to stay engaged at work. Whether you listen for yourself or to get insight into how to make cha...
Jun 4, 2019 · 39 min
#85 How to manage politics at work
Politics at work is something everyone experiences and no one we've spoken to yet actually enjoys! It seems like a 'fact of work' that politics is just part of the deal, but if often causes unhappiness, uncertainty and leads to environme...
May 28, 2019 · 40 min
#84 How to coach yourself
Coaching is a fantastic tool for your career and personal development, however it’s often expensive and out of reach for many people who would benefit from it. One solution, is to take some of the tools professional coaches would use and apply them to ...
May 21, 2019 · 39 min
#83 How to build your confidence support system
Squiggly Careers might be full of opportunity, but they are also full of challenge! Challenge can feel hard and at times it can affect our confidence. Proactively building your confidence support system can help you to build resilient in a squiggly car...
May 14, 2019 · 57 min
#82 Mental health at work with Michelle Morgan
In this week's episode Sarah interviews special guest Michelle Morgan. Michelle is a social entrepreneur, with a number of awards to her name including EY entrepreneur of the year. Michelle developed the idea for her lat...
May 7, 2019 · 38 min
#81 Making your language work for you
We all know the old rules about your impact being 7% what you say and the rest how you say it. This week, Sarah and Helen take on the importance of language at work, focusing on what you say and how you say it. As well as challenging the commonly held ...