Taking control of your career, without climbing the ladder, with Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis, founders of Amazing If

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Business, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered how you can ditch the career ladder and find an alternative route to success, where progression doesn’t just depend on promotion? Have you asked yourself, what am I good at? What do I stand for? What motivates and drives me?

This week Holly speaks with Helen and Sarah, co-founders of Amazing If, an award-winning career development company with a twist.

Champions of the Squiggly Career, Helen and Sarah are at the forefront of a fundamental shift that’s happening in the workplace. Where the traditional linear path is being replaced with a squiggly line that can allow you a career every bit as unique as you are. One that is full of opportunity, freedom and purpose – without having to constantly move roles and companies in order to progress.

Currently, 65-70% of us feel we have to leave a job in order to change our role or position, but what if you just needed to squiggle? Amazing If is a platform that allows each of us to challenge the status quo. Not only arming us with the right tools and skills we need to thrive in a career we love, but also crucially instilling the inner confidence to recognise our strengths, where we can apply them to widen our expertise and believe that you can pursue the career you deserve.

So are you looking to make a move in your career? Listen, as you might not have to change as much as you think.

If you enjoyed this conversation, you might also enjoy Holly’s episode with
Edward Perry, founder of Cook.

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0:00.0	Okay, so get ready for a conversation that you're going to have so many takeaways from.
0:05.5	I just spent the last hour speaking with Helen and Sarah. They're the co-founders of the
0:10.4	incredible, amazing if. And it's a career development company, but with a difference.
0:16.7	And don't you always remember thinking about the career ladder? And have we ever really
0:23.2	thought about how a ladder is very linear and thin and not many people can get onto it?
0:28.5	I don't think I ever did. So this conversation, I think I knew these things fundamentally,
0:34.1	but my goodness to hear the articulation of why careers are not linear anymore,
0:41.2	and how we've got to rewire and have a squiggly career was completely refreshing.
0:48.3	So make sure you share this with anybody who is in a corporate life, who you believe needs to
0:54.7	do a bit of rewiring because this is just going to bloat their mind, get your notepad ready,
1:00.8	and enjoy. I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to Conversations of Inspiration.
1:14.4	Back in 2006, I founded Not on the High Street for my kitchen table, and since then,
1:20.2	I've gone on to launch Holly and Co. I'm the UK ambassador of creative small businesses,
1:25.9	and I believe that having a business doing what you love is the key to a happy fulfilled life.
1:31.8	My dream is to help everybody start theirs. I'm here to offer advice, inspiration, wisdom,
1:38.6	and encouragement. And in my view, the best way to do this is by sharing stories. So I've
1:45.8	reached out to my favourite small businesses, entrepreneurs, and those who simply inspire me
1:51.7	and ask them to share theirs. With thanks to Adobe, who've helped bring this podcast to life?
1:58.6	Here are my Conversations of Inspiration.
2:03.2	Hello, both. Such a pleasure to be speaking to you. Last time, it was a little while ago now that I
2:09.3	spoke to you, Helen, on the squiggly careers podcast. I had such a nice time with you. But
2:15.6	today, you're both joining me, Helen and Sarah, on my podcast, Conversations of Inspiration.
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