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Nottingham Business School Business LeadersSarah Ellis – Making ‘squiggly careers’ better for everyoneEpisode 62Sarah Ellis – Making ‘squiggly careers’ better for everyone SUMMARYSarah Ellis is co-founder of the pioneering Amazing If company that is revolutionising the way in which people view their careers. She and her business partner Helen Tupper have written two Sunday Times best-selling books about their innovative Squiggly Careers theory. They also host the hugely popular Squiggly Careers podcast.In Episode 62 of the Nottingham Business School’s Business Leaders’ Podcast, Sarah tells Visiting Honorary Professor Mike Sassi about recognising that the traditional career ladder no longer exists... and embracing squiggly careers.2025-03-0439 min
A New Way of BeingThe five Essential Skills for Thriving in an Uncertain Career LandscapeModern careers are full of change, uncertainty, and opportunity, rather than following a linear path. Helen Tupper of 'Squiggly Careers' fame outlines the five key skills needed to thrive in this new world of work, including understanding your values, leveraging your strengths, building confidence, networking effectively, and exploring diverse career possibilities. With the rise of AI and other technological disruptions, Helen emphasises the importance of embracing the uncertainty and developing the skillset to navigate a constantly evolving job market.My links:Book: https://www.simonmundie.com/bookYouTube: https://tinyurl...2025-02-1227 min
Making MoneyHow to future proof your career and earn more money - Helen TupperYour career and earnings massively impact your financial future, but with skills fast becoming obsolete, how can we make sure we succeed? Helen Tupper, author of The Squiggly Career, suggests ditching the career ladder mindset - progress and more pay can come from moving sideways, not just up.🤝 Financial guidance for small company owners in the UKhttps://makingmoney.email/company-owner-episodes⛑️ Free guides and financial health checkLearn how to build long-term wealth in the UK: https://linktr.ee/makingmoneypod📈 Investment...2025-01-131h 05
Jazz ShapersHelen Tupper: Co-founder and CEO of Amazing IfHelen Tupper is the co-founder and CEO of Amazing If, a company on a mission to make careers better for everyone. Helen joins Elliot to talk about how the traditional career ladder no longer reflects the unpredictable, changing world of work and we need to embrace - as she says - a squiggly career and invest more successfully in our development. 2024-11-1627 min
40 Minute MentorReplay: Helen Tupper on building a Squiggly Career“We are not expected to all develop in the same direction. Success isn’t the same for all of us and we can’t plan our way to some kind of predictable future.” 40 Minute Mentor is fast approaching its 12th season. With over 250 episodes published, we know that not every single one of our listeners will have been around from the beginning. To share some of our earlier mentorship with you, we’re running another one of our Replay feature seasons. In today’...2024-09-0446 min
The Gartner Talent AngleSPOTLIGHT: Facilitating Squiggly Careers, With Helen TupperAs organizations continue to face fierce competition for talent, HR leaders have upheld internal mobility as a lever to retain talent, yet many employees remain unaware of the career opportunities in their organization. In this episode of the Talent Angle, Helen Tupper illustrates how championing squiggly careers — or nonlinear career paths — can deliver on the promise of internal mobility by giving employees relevant and engaging opportunities. By intentionally empowering talent to apply their skills across a diverse set of experiences, HR leaders can create meaningful careers for individuals while also serving the needs of the organization. Helen Tupper i...2024-03-2617 min
4-Quarter LivesHelen Tupper: Democratising Career DevelopmentIn this episode of 4-Quarter Lives, Avivah Wittenberg-Cox talks with Helen Tupper, Chief Executive of Amazing If, a company redefining careers for individuals and companies. Together they explore the intricacies of career transitions during midlife and how organizations can support these changes. The conversation also delves into personal experience, highlighting the essential balance between work and life. Helen Tupper is co-founder and CEO of Amazing If, a company with an ambition to make careers better for everyone. Together with her business partner Sarah Ellis, she is the author of two Sunday Times bestsellers The Squiggly Career and You Coach You. ...2024-02-1447 minThe Gartner Talent AngleBest of 2023: The Evolving Employee ExperienceIn 2023, expert guests joined the Gartner Talent Angle to share their advice about key drivers of employee engagement, retention and performance: flexible work, wellbeing and internal mobility. Stanford professor Nicholas Bloom discusses the impact of flexible work on employee productivity and on organizations’ bottom lines. Siemens chief people and sustainability officer Judith Wiese shares how Siemens commits to well-being to drive talent outcomes and to position the organization for sustainable success. Author Helen Tupper makes the case for nonlinear career paths to deliver on the promise of internal mobility by giving employees relevant and engaging opportunities. N...2023-12-1937 min
Are you Sitting Uncomfortably? with Gemma GreavesHelen Tupper - The Straight Talking SquigglerHelen Tupper is a trailblazer. As the co-founder and CEO of Amazing If, Helen has created a company with an ambition to make careers better for everyone. As if she wasn't busy enough, together with her business partner Sarah Ellis, she is the author of two Sunday Times bestsellers The Squiggly Career and You Coach You, with a third book on the way. Helen is also the co-host of the UK’s number one careers podcast Squiggly Careers and was recently awarded a much-coveted place on the Ernst & Young entrepreneurial winning women programme. In this epis...2023-12-1844 min
Let's Make This More InterestingEpisode 8: The interesting Squiggle and the long ‘Aha’ (with Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis)The Squiggly Careers podcast has been hugely influential and useful for anyone interested in Career Development community. In this episode I talk to Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper, the brilliant pair behind the podcast, the two bestselling books that have come out of it – Squiggly Careers and You Coach You – and the company they have founded, Amazing if.We discuss:How, in looking to throw out the old model of the ‘career ladder’, they arrived at that fascinating idea and language of the ‘squiggle’How they’ve found a much more engaging way to talk to...2023-11-0747 min
The Happy EntrepreneurLife’s lived forward but understood backwardIf you’re like Laurence and Carlos, following a squiggly life isn’t just a matter of circumstance, it’s in your nature.Sarah Ellis, cofounder of AmazingIf, says in her TED talk with her cofounder Helen Tupper “The legacy of the ladder is all around us.” That’s the career ladder; the linear view of life where work is all about straight line progression.Many of us were led to believe that progressing in life was as simple as ABC: school to university to graduate training scheme to skilled professional to moving up the hierarchy to...2023-10-2450 min
3 Lessons from Breakthrough LeadersUnleashing Potential with Helen TupperListen to our new podcast episode where we explore what it means to have a Squiggly Career with Helen Tupper!
Helen is the co-founder and CEO of Amazing If, a company with an ambition to make careers better for everyone. Together with her business partner Sarah Ellis, she is the author of two Sunday Times bestsellers The Squiggly Career and You Coach You. Their Squiggly Careers podcast is the UKs #1 careers podcast.
Helen also works as a Trustee for Working Families, a UK charity with a mission to support families and carers with their work a...2023-08-3026 min
Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal5 Skills To Succeed in ANY Career - Helen Tupper (Squiggly Careers)For a lot of us, navigating our future careers can feel like an uncertain and anxiety-inducing time. You might find yourself asking questions like: how do I know that I’m on the right path? Is my job truly fulfilling me? Am I using all my strengths and developing in my role? Do I really have to do this for the next 50 years of my working like? But among all this uncertainty you might be feeling, one thing is for certain - careers, as we’ve traditionally known them, are changing for the better. Gone are the days when a si...2023-07-211h 36
Uncensored CMOA marketers guide to a squiggly career - Helen Tupper, Amazing IfWork is fundamentally important to the quality of our lives and we are surrounded by more change and choice than ever before. Our careers have become far less predictable and increasingly 'squiggly'. In this episode I have a chat with Helen Tupper, co-founder of Amazing If and co-author of "The Squiggly Career: Ditch the Ladder, Discover Opportunity, Design Your Career".Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube ->Find out more about Helen:The Squiggly Career BookSquiggly Careers PodcastAmazing IfHelen's LinkedInWhat we covered in this episode:How Helen and Sarah started their...2023-06-0755 min
From Inside the HiveCareer Questions...Conversations from Inside the HiveCareers and development are on my mind at the moment as I start the brand new Career Confidence programme. Here are some of the questions that have come into conversations recently. I hope they help you think about your career and the path you may want to take.
The books I mention are:
Squiggly Careers - Sarah Ellis & Helen Tupper
You Coach You - Sarah Ellis & Helen Tupper
You can listen to their podcast at - https://www.amazingif.com/listen/2023-04-2119 min
Women Lead5. Influencer Marketing & The Introvert/Extrovert Journey with Ursula RinghamIn this Episode of Women Lead Nadia takes the reins solo (while Tiana is off on an exotic holiday) and interviews SAP's Head of Global Influencer Marketing Ursula Ringham.They discuss Ursula's journey from Adobe to SAP and talk all about: Growing up in Silicon ValleyGetting ahead in your career as both an introvert and an extrovert How to keep your team creativeThe importance of speaking up and askingThe benefits of having a trusted friend and ally at workTips and strategies for effective influencer marketing Getting your drive to get back to work after som...2023-04-1843 min