Squiggly Careers

Networking is a career development activity that often makes people feel awkward even though we all know how important it is for our progression. In this episode Helen and Sarah talk about the 'weak ties' in your network - what they are and how you can work your weak ties to increase the value of your career community. They cover lots of practical ideas like how to use your strong relationships to connect to new 'weak' ones and how to connect through curiosity. To download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/To sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools and catch-up on PodPlus head to https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmailFor questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

This week Helen and Sarah talk about practical way to learn, unlean and relearn at work. They share lots of ideas for action including getting opposite experiences, creating learn-as-you-grow logs and strengths solving. To download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/To sign-up for PodMail, our weekly summary of tools and catch-up on PodPlus head to https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmailFor questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

In the final episode of this series of Ask The Expert, Helen and Sarah talks to entrepreneurs and authors Bianca Miller Cole and Byron Cole. In the conversation they discuss how to think about and approach success at work and how mindset and motivation have enabled them to succeed in their career.This Ask the Expert series is supported by the Uncertainty Experts. You can find out more and sign up to be part of series one here:https://uncertaintyexperts.com/. Listeners can use the code 'Squiggly' to get a discount on tickets.To download the PodSheet for this episode, head tohttps://www.amazingif.com/listen/To sign-up for PodMail, our weekly summary of tools and catch-up on PodPlus head tohttps://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmailFor questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us athelenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

This week Sarah talks with world leading expert on all things storytelling Bobette Buster, author of 'Do Story: How to tell your story so the world listens'. In the conversation they discuss the skills we all need to be an effective storyteller, and why becoming one is important in the world of work.This Ask the Expert series is supported by the Uncertainty Experts. You can find out more and sign up to be part of series one here: https://uncertaintyexperts.com/. Listeners can use the code 'Squiggly' to get a discount on tickets.To download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/To sign-up for PodMail, our weekly summary of tools and catch-up on PodPlus head to https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmailFor questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

This week, Helen and Sarah talk to world renowned leadership expert René Carayol about how we can all develop and demonstrate leadership skills in our day-to-day role. They discuss myths people often make about leadership and how to increase your impact as a leader. This Ask the Expert series is supported by the Uncertainty Experts. You can find out more and sign up to be part of series one here: https://uncertaintyexperts.com/. Listeners can use the code 'Squiggly' to get a discount on tickets.To download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/To sign-up for PodMail, our weekly summary of tools and catch-up on PodPlus head to https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmailFor questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

In this episode, Helen talks to lecturer, psychologist and author, Connson Chou Locke about Influence. Together they discuss influence issues and assumptions, whether you can fake it, if you don't feel it and the most effective things you can do to improve how you think, feel and act with influence.This Ask the Expert series is supported by the Uncertainty Experts. You can find out more and sign up to be part of series one here: https://uncertaintyexperts.com/. Listeners can use the code 'Squiggly' to get a discount on tickets.To download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/To sign-up for PodMail, our weekly summary of tools and catch-up on PodPlus head to https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmailFor questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com