Hi, I'm Sarah and this is the Squiggly Careers podcast. This week is one of our Ask the Expert episodes

and you'll hear me in conversation with researcher and author Liz Wiseman. Together we'll be exploring

the concept of high impact players. Those people who have influence and make a difference in

their roles, almost regardless

of where they are in their career, what career stage they're in, or what area of expertise they have.

Liz is brilliant. She's somebody whose work I've been following for lots of years, so I was

really happy when she said yes to spending some time with me. She's insightful and what I really like is that she's translated her

research which is very comprehensive and very real world into practical and pragmatic ideas

we can all learn from. I can't think of many people whose work and career wouldn't be a bit

better as a result of reading impact players.

And that's not something I recommend or say lightly.

So I hope you find our conversation together useful.

And I'll be back at the end to say goodbye.

So Liz, thank you so much for joining us today on the Squiggly Careers podcast.

I'm really looking forward to our conversation together.

Sarah, it's good to be here.

And so I read Impact Players and there was lots of underlining happening,

lots of pages being turned down, which is what prompted me to get in touch for our

conversation together today.

Because we are always interested in

when we read research that feels very practical and useful for everyone. And that's what really

came across to me when I was sort of reading your work. So perhaps we should start so that all

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