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Squiggly Careers

CEO Shell-Shedding Moments: How to Fix Friction at Work Fast with Helen Tupper

Squiggly Careers

AmazingIf

Management, Careers, Business

4.9838 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In this special CEO Shell-Shedding Moments episode, Sarah interviews Helen, about the uncomfortable moments that help us grow. From difficult interviews to co-founder friction and communication challenges, Helen shares what happens when things feel hard at work and how to fix friction fast before it festers. If you’ve ever replayed a mistake, avoided an awkward conversation, or felt stuck in a working relationship, this episode is full of practical ideas to help you learn quickly and move forward with confidence. 🦞 Pre-order Learn Like A Lobster: 🇺🇸PRH US - https://bit.ly/3KxTeBn 🇬🇧 Amazon UK - https://amzn.to/3KcRZaR For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 📩 Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/ 🦞 Join the Learn Like a Lobster Sprint: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNQl9gsac8BXnWe2qoGuHkLKwsygjP_Ma&si=l7kODG3JpopH0Irz 📮 Get Squiggly Careers in Action in your inbox: https://bit.ly/SquigglyCareersInAction 📚 Read our books: The Squiggly Career and You Coach You: https://www.amazingif.com/books/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi everybody. It is Helen from the Squiggly Careers podcast. And before you listen to today's episode,

0:05.4

I just want to do something that I honestly find quite hard. This is no joke the sixth time I have

0:10.6

recorded this. And that is because I'm going to ask for help and it doesn't feel easy for me to do.

0:15.5

But here we go. We are now very close to our new book, Learn Like a Lobster, coming out. It comes out on the 5th of

0:22.0

February, which means if you pre-order now, it makes a really big difference to us. If you don't

0:28.2

know how the book thing works, pre-orders mean that books climb the charts, it feeds the

0:33.3

algorithm and more people see our work. That means we can help more people with their career.

0:38.2

We can help more people to grow. So if you've been considering the book, if you are a

0:43.1

supporter of Squiggly, but you just haven't done it yet, please, please, please, pre-order now.

0:47.5

It makes a really big difference to us and it means we can reach help and support more people

0:52.2

with their Squiggly career. I'm not going to say anymore, apart from thank you.

0:55.8

Thank you for all of the sport the squiggly careers community give us.

0:59.7

And let's get on to today's episode.

1:02.3

Hi, my name's Sarah, and this is the Squiggly Careers podcast.

1:06.8

This is one of our special episodes where with CEOs,

1:10.2

I'm asking them about their shell shedding moments.

1:13.7

What happened, what helped, and words of wisdom to help you when you have those shell shedding moments too.

1:20.9

And I feel like today is an extra special CEO slash a very convenient interview.

1:29.6

She needed someone so she found me.

1:32.6

So today, I don't think I've ever interviewed Helen.

1:36.7

When I had the idea, it made me chuckle.

1:39.2

So I was like, oh, this sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun.

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