Squiggly Careers

#603 Ask the Expert: Vibe and Building Better Connections with Adam Grant

What helps us connect with the people we work with, and what happens when that connection is missing? In this episode, Sarah is joined by organisational psychologist and

#602 High performance habits for your Squiggly career

What’s one small thing you could do today that your future self would thank you for? In this squiggly shortcut, Helen shares four high performance habits that compound ov

#601 How to use profilers for your career development

Profilers can help you understand yourself, find words for your strengths and choose where to focus your development. But your results are clues to explore, rather than l

#600 Everyday actions for everyday resilience

When your week gets busy, do you find yourself dropping the things that help you feel good? It can be easy to put rest, support and time outside work on hold just when yo

#599 Friction: Why making things harder can make you better

Is something at work feeling harder than it needs to be? It could be a meeting that takes too long, a decision that goes back and forth, or a process with more steps than

#598 How to understand and take action with your ambition

In this shortcut, Helen, talks about a matrix that can help you to understand where your ambition is right now and what is the most effective action to take to support yo

#597 How thinking inside the box will lead to more opportunities for your squiggly career.

Could putting more constraints on your career actually create more possibilities? In this episode, Helen and Sarah borrow brilliance from David Epstein's book (Inside th

#596 3 ways teams can learn when they are not together

The people you work with make a significant difference to your development. In this shortcut, Sarah shares 3 ways to learn more from the people around you. 🎯 What You'll

#595 How to Answer AI Questions in Job Interviews

Getting ready for a job interview can feel daunting, but what happens when you have to face an AI interviewer or answer tough questions about how you use artificial intel

#594 How to increase your autonomy

Increasing your autonomy has a proven impact of work wellbeing and fulfilment and in this shortcut, Helen talks through 3 practical actions to help you to earn more auton

#593 No Regret Skills: How to Get Better at Adaptability

When things change at work, how good are you at changing how you think or act in response? In the second part of our No Regret Skills mini-series, Helen and Sarah turn t

#592 How to look for leaders you can learn from

The leaders you surround yourself with make a significant difference to your squiggly career. In this shortcut Sarah shares 3 ways to look for leaders to learn from and w

#591 No Regret Skills: How to Make Better Decisions

With so many skills competing for our attention, how do you decide which ones are worth investing in? In this episode, Helen and Sarah explore the idea of 'no regret ski

#590 How to increase your impact in every meeting

We spend a lot of our working week in meetings, but how much impact are you having when you're in them? In this Shortcut, Helen shares three simple ways to increase your

#589 How to use the next 88 days at work wisely

With 88 working days left until the end of the year, how will you choose to spend your time? September can bring a 'new pencil case' feeling – a useful opportunity to res

#588 How to Decide Which Goals to Give Up

Setting goals is one thing. Knowing when to let go of them is another. In this Shortcut, Helen explores the idea of productive quitting and why trying to hold on to too

#587 80,000 hours with Benjamin Todd (A Career Well Spent Series)

How can you make sure the 80,000 hours you spend at work are truly well spent? In this episode, we challenge the traditional advice to "follow your passion" and look at h

#586 Questions to ask in an interview

Most of us focus on preparing for the questions we'll be asked in an interview, but what we ask at the end is just as important. It is your ultimate opportunity to take c

#585 What to make of a life with Jim Collins (A Career Well Spent Series)

Are you feeling lost in a career fog or facing a major transition? In this special episode, Sarah is joined by legendary author and researcher Jim Collins to explore what

#584 How to Create Your AI Learning Plan

AI is changing quickly, which can make it hard to know where to start. If you're feeling overwhelmed by everything there is to learn, you're definitely not alone. In thi