Author Biography

Helen Tupper has held leadership roles at Microsoft, Virgin and BP and is now CEO of Amazing If. Her love of learning has led her to study at Henley, Cranfield and Cass Business School. Helen is a trustee for the Working Families charity, a Fellow of The RSA and lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband and two children. Sarah Ellis has led marketing and corporate responsibility teams for Barclays and Sainsbury's, before becoming Managing Director of a creative agency. She is now Chief Learning Officer at Amazing If. Sarah has studied at Warwick University, London and Harvard Business Schools, and is a qualified Mental Health first aider. Sarah is on the Mayor of London's workspace advisory board and lives in London with her partner and son.

Review

Many of us never take a moment to think about how we can sculpt our careers to match our interests. I was swept away with how effortlessly The Squiggly Career turns some of the most daunting conundrums into simple and rewarding reflections. Like going one-to-one with a personal career coach, it's impossible to leave this book without having a massive personal breakthrough * Bruce Daisley, Vice President, EMEA Twitter author of The Joy of Work *
The greatest goal for any 21st century professional is to have a squiggly career. The days of linear progression belong to history. The joys of trying new things, working it out and making it up are all of our working futures. Work is dead, long live the squiggly career! * Sam Conniff Allende, author of Be More Pirate *
An indispensable guide to creating your own working life * Viv Groskop, author of How to Own the Room *
The Squiggly Career is no ordinary business book. Practical, pithy and personal it will revolutionize the way you think about work * Crystal Eisinger, Head of Strategy, Google Ads Marketing *
A practical and excellent guide for anyone who wants to take charge of their career, play to their strengths and design a career on their own terms. Squiggly careers are the new normal indeed, I'll be reaching for this book time and time again and so wish it existed when I started out! * Elizabeth Uviebinene, author of Slay In Your Lane *
A fantastic book on how to maximise your chances of a happy and rewarding work life. It all starts with knowing yourself and your values - with simple exercises that make you think deeply about who you are and what you want to spend all that time at work actually doing. Jump in and squiggle * Matt Brittin, President, EMEA Business & Operations, Google *
All the best careers are squiggly. That sounds fun - and it can be fun - but it also takes a lot of know-how and thinking, which is what this book provides. I wish I'd had it when I squiggled my way through multiple careers * Margaret Heffernan, Entrepreneur, CEO and bestselling author of Wilful Blindness *
The Squiggly Career is a brilliant guide. Read it and get the tools you need to thrive in your career now and in the future * Marie Forleo, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Everything is Figureoutable *
As we all juggle side-steps, hustles and pivots, The Squiggly Career is about navigating work in a way that suits you. Discovering how to make the most of your own strengths and identify what you want out of your career, it's a timely and brilliant handbook for now. * Stylist *
Logical, practical and based on tried and tested methods * Financial Times, Business Book of the Month *
I LOVED this book and bought it for countless people - it is the gift that keeps on giving. It feels like a practical, powerful one-on-one coaching session mixed with a pep talk from an understanding friend. This book will encourage you to be proud and excited to keep on living out your own unique squiggly career. It might just be the permission slip you didn't know you needed * Emma Gannon, bestselling author of The Multi-Hyphen Method *
Logical, practical and based on tried and tested methods * Financial Times, Business Book of the Month *

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Many of us never take a moment to think about how we can sculpt our careers to match our interests. I was swept away with how effortlessly The Squiggly Career turns some of the most daunting conundrums into simple and rewarding reflections. Like going one-to-one with a personal career coach, it's impossible to leave this book without having a massive personal breakthrough

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Many of us never take a moment to think about how we can sculpt our careers to match our interests. I was swept away with how effortlessly The Squiggly Career turns some of the most daunting conundrums into simple and rewarding reflections. Like going one-to-one with a personal career coach, it's impossible to leave this book without having a massive personal breakthrough-- Bruce Daisley, Vice President, EMEA Twitter author of The Joy of Work The greatest goal for any 21st century professional is to have a squiggly career. The days of linear progression belong to history. The joys of trying new things, working it out and making it up are all of our working futures. Work is dead, long live the squiggly career!-- Sam Conniff Allende, author of Be More Pirate An indispensable guide to creating your own working life-- Viv Groskop, author of How to Own the Room The Squiggly Career is no ordinary business book. Practical, pithy and personal it will revolutionize the way you think about work-- Crystal Eisinger, Head of Strategy, Google Ads Marketing A practical and excellent guide for anyone who wants to take charge of their career, play to their strengths and design a career on their own terms. Squiggly careers are the new normal indeed, I'll be reaching for this book time and time again and so wish it existed when I started out!-- Elizabeth Uviebinene, author of Slay In Your Lane A fantastic book on how to maximise your chances of a happy and rewarding work life. It all starts with knowing yourself and your values - with simple exercises that make you think deeply about who you are and what you want to spend all that time at work actually doing. Jump in and squiggle-- Matt Brittin, President, EMEA Business & Operations, Google All the best careers are squiggly. That sounds fun - and it can be fun - but it also takes a lot of know-how and thinking, which is what this book provides. I wish I'd had it when I squiggled my way through multiple careers-- Margaret Heffernan, Entrepreneur, CEO and bestselling author of Wilful Blindness The Squiggly Career is a brilliant guide. Read it and get the tools you need to thrive in your career now and in the future-- Marie Forleo, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Everything is Figureoutable As we all juggle side-steps, hustles and pivots, The Squiggly Career is about navigating work in a way that suits you. Discovering how to make the most of your own strengths and identify what you want out of your career, it's a timely and brilliant handbook for now. -- Stylist

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NEW IDEA FROM EXPERTS: our careers don't look like ladders anymore, they look like squiggles. Career experts Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis explain how work has changed and reveal the 5 skills you need to master in order to be happy and successful in your job today HOT AUTHORS: the Squiggly Career podcast has over one million downloads and was named by Marie Claire as one of the top 3 work podcasts to listen to right now, while the authors have a combined 21.6k followers across their social media platforms COMPANY SUPPORT: The author's company Amazing If has supported over 10,000 clients through the squiggly process. Amazing If sell the book at their workshops, on their website and through their podcast ADVICE FROM SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE: features advice from highly successful people like Adam Grant and Emma Gannon that is exclusive to the book

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