How to Overcome Challenges and Take Control of Your Career

You Coach You

THE SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER 
 
'An insightful guide, filled with actionable advice to empower leaders hoping to improve their professional abilities and make meaningful change in their lives' Richard Branson 
 
'What I love about this book is that it gives us the tools to guide ourselves and know that change and our true value is within us all' Mary Portas 
 
Our careers are full of potential and possibilities, uncertainty and change. There is no such thing as a straight line to success and there are times when we get stuck, face obstacles, feel frustrated or want to explore new opportunities. In these moments the best place to start is by coaching yourself. No one can solve your problems better than you can, and learning to coach yourself will accelerate your self-awareness and help you take control of your career. 
 
In You Coach You, you'll learn the mindset, skillset and toolkit you need to coach yourself. You'll discover practical support on some of the most common coaching challenges including: 
 
- Exploring your progression possibilities and making them happen 
- Building your resilience reserves and turning adversity into action 
- Moving beyond busy to time well spent and finding the right work-life fit for you 
- Building the beliefs that help you succeed and overcoming setbacks 
- Creating the connections you need for your career and fixing friction in difficult relationships 
- Developing a sense of direction and a purpose that is motivating and meaningful for you 
 
Packed with ideas for action and insightful tools, this practical book will help you to get unstuck, and increase your confidence in and control over your career. 
 
If you enjoyed reading this, check out The Squiggly Career, Helen and Sarah's Sunday Times no. 1 bestselling guide to supercharging your confidence, playing to your strengths and setting yourself up for success. 
 
Sunday Times bestseller, January 2022

An insightful guide, filled with actionable advice to empower leaders hoping to improve their professional abilities and make meaningful change in their lives

A must-read for everyone who wants to pro-actively seize their career

Lynda Gratton, author of Redesigning Work

Sarah and Helen have a way to get right to the point and help the reader do what is needed to navigate the squiggly parts of a successful career. This is truly what self help is all about.

This is the most useful and relevant book you could buy for your career right now

Bruce Daisley, author of Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat

We all need this book in our lives. Helen and Sarah will help you when things get tough and find the happiness in our work that we all deserve

Holly Tucker, founder of Not On the High Street

Are you at a standstill in your career? Do you feel like you aren't where you thought you'd be by this point, or have you already got to where you wanted and realised it isn't bringing you joy? 
 
The most successful people have always benefitted from professional coaching and now, in You Coach You, the UK's leading career experts Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper will give you the knowledge and tools to coach yourself. Inside you'll learn how to get unstuck and rediscover your love of work, build boundaries and productive relationships, cultivate resilience and identify and achieve your career goals. Packed with practical exercises, tools and advice from inspiring people, this book will help you find motivation and achieve everything you've ever wanted in your career.

10 experts show you how to be more mindful, calm and focused

The Here and Now

Brought to you by Penguin. 
 
Survive and thrive in uncertain times by listening to the insights and inspirational ideas of world-leading experts on staying calm, focused and in control, brought to you by Penguin. 
 
Too much time on your hands? Too busy to think? Too tired to do anything? Too anxious? 
Life as we know it presents us all with different challenges - whether it's the anxiety of loneliness or the stress of being cooped up with the kids 24/7, working at all hours from home or finding yourself unable to fill the long hours of each day. 
 
By listening to The Here and Now you'll discover how to master the difficult art of living in the moment. Combining the expertise of some of Penguin's most trusted authors, this audio collection of practical wisdom and calming advice will help keep you grounded during these uncertain times. 
 
· Let Chloe Madeley advise you on exercising at home. 
· Allow The Mindfulness Project to reconnect you with nature. 
· Banish anxiety with Chloe Brotheridge. 
· Sophie Fletcher's advice will help keep your family (and yourself) calm and connected. 
· Follow Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis' advice as they redefine what a successful career means. 
· Listen to Dr Amir Khan's advice on how to achieve better sleep results. 
· Let Rukmini Iyer introduce you to the joys of cooking. 
· Learn from Sara Milne Rowe how to adjust your habits for positive change.. 
 
Incorporating guided walks, meditation exercises, workout routines and so much more, this enriching, affirming guide will help each of us realign how we are living right now to make every moment the very best it can be, and develop habits and strategies that will last a lifetime. 
 
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Brought to you by Penguin. 
 
Too much time? Too busy? Too tired? Too anxious? 
 
Listen to The Here and Now and discover how to master the art of living in the moment. 
 
Combining the expertise of some of Penguin's most trusted authors, this audio anthology of practical wisdom and calming advice helps you stay grounded during these uncertain times. Listeners will learn the joys of orientating themselves in the natural world, embracing the unknown, listening to their body, and finding time for themselves and their careers. 
 
Incorporating guided walks, meditation exercises, mindful movements and more, this enriching, affirming guide will realign how we live to make every moment our very best.

The No.1 Sunday Times Business Bestseller - Ditch the Ladder, Discover Opportunity, Design Your Career

The Squiggly Career

THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER 2020 
 
'The Squiggly Career is about navigating work in a way that suits you, it's a timely and brilliant handbook for now' Stylist 
 
 'A brilliant guide. Read it and get the tools you need to thrive in your career now and in the future' Marie Forleo, author of Everything is Figureoutable 
 
 'Logical, practical and based on tried and tested models' Financial Times's Book of the Month 
 
 
 Career ladders and jobs for life are a thing of the past 
 
 Today, we're living in a world of squiggly careers, where moving frequently and fluidly between roles, industries, locations, and even careers, is becoming the new normal. Squiggly careers can feel stressful and overwhelming, but if you know how to make the most of them, they can be full of opportunity, freedom and purpose. 
 
 And to make the most of our increasingly squiggly careers we need to answer some important questions: What am I good at? What do I stand for? What motivates and drives me? Where do I want to go in the future? 
 
 In The Squiggly Career, you'll learn how to: 
 
 - Play to your super strengths 
 - Discover your values 
 - Overcome your confidence gremlins 
 - Build better support networks 
 - Explore your future possibilities 
 
 Packed with insights about the changing shape of work and inspiration from highly successful people, this book will fuel your growth and help you be happier, and ultimately more successful in your career. 
 
If you enjoyed reading this, check out You Coach You, Helen and Sarah's practical guide to getting unstuck, increasing self-awareness and solving knotty career conundrums.

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.

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

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.

Career ladders and jobs for life are a thing of the past 
 
Today, we're living in a world of squiggly careers, where moving frequently and fluidly between roles, industries, locations, and even careers, is becoming the new normal. Squiggly careers can feel stressful and overwhelming, but if you know how to make the most of them, they can be full of opportunity, freedom and purpose. 
 
And to make the most of our increasingly squiggly careers we need to answer some important questions: What am I good at? What do I stand for? What motivates and drives me? Where do I want to go in the future? 
 
In The Squiggly Career, you'll learn how to: 
- Play to your super strengths 
- Discover your values 
- Overcome your confidence gremlins 
- Build better support networks 
- Explore your future possibilities 
 
Packed with insights about the changing shape of work, exercises to fuel your growth, and tips and inspiration from highly successful people, this book will help you be happier, and ultimately more successful in your career.

Helen Tupper

Sarah Ellis

This is the book for you, for your team, and for everyone who wants to stay alert and ahead of the curve in a rapidly changing world. I defy anyone to resist Helen and Sarah's verve, down to earth writing and practical frameworks to make 'learning like a lobster' part of your daily routine

Isabel Berwick, Working It Editor, Financial Times

The inspiring minds behind Squiggly Careers strike again with a new book that challenges us to rethink our relationship with learning for a lifelong career that is rich and purpose led. Packed with inspiring stories, expert-led insights and practical exercises, this book is not only the motivation you need to change how you think about learning but also the manual for anyone who wants to not just stay ahead but be at the forefront of the fast-paced and ever-changing world of work.

Lisa Smosarski, Editor-in-Chief at Stylist

Fresh, enlightened and endlessly useful, Learn Like a Lobster is the essential guide of how to boost your career by taking hold of your own personal development. We should expect no less from Britain's best workplace thinkers; they are equals to Adam Grant and Brené Brown

Everything you'd expect from the duo behind squiggly careers - practical, genuinely useful and a book you'll keep coming back to

Dorie Clark, bestselling author of The Long Game

Grow as you go, fuel your own progress, accelerate your career

We used to go to work to learn to do the job. Now learning IS the job. 
 
 Whatever your career, staying relevant and adaptable is essential to your success. And your unexpected role model for learning at work? A lobster. 
 
In Learn Like a Lobster, Sunday Times bestselling authors Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis explore the unexpected parallels between lobsters and lifelong learning: 
* Lobsters never stop growing - and neither should you 
* Lobsters grow through hard moments - use your challenges to uncover new learning 
* Lobsters fuel their own growth - don't wait to be taught, create your own opportunities to learn 
 
 Learn Like a Lobster shows how to make learning an easy and energising part of every working day. It’s a must-read for anyone who wants to develop in their career in a way that feels meaningful and motivating. 
 
Whether you are someone who is ambitious to grow or you’re not sure about where to start, Learn Like a Lobster offers the practical skills, tools and motivation you need for career progression and fulfilment. 
 
 Because when we learn, we grow.

Sarah Ellis

Praise for Learn Like a Lobster

This is the book for you, for your team, and for everyone who wants to stay alert and ahead of the curve in a rapidly changing world. I defy anyone to resist Helen and Sarah's verve, down to earth writing and practi ...

The inspiring minds behind Squiggly Careers strike again with a new book that challenges us to rethink our relationship with learning for a lifelong career that is rich and purpose led. Packed with inspiring stories ...

Fresh, enlightened and endlessly useful, Learn Like a Lobster is the essential guide of how to boost your career by taking hold of your own personal development. We should expect no less from Britain's best workplac ...

This is the book for you, for your team, and for everyone who wants to stay alert and ahead of the curve in a rapidly changing world. I defy anyone to resist Helen and Sarah's verve, down to earth writing and practi ...

The inspiring minds behind Squiggly Careers strike again with a new book that challenges us to rethink our relationship with learning for a lifelong career that is rich and purpose led. Packed with inspiring stories ...

Fresh, enlightened and endlessly useful, Learn Like a Lobster is the essential guide of how to boost your career by taking hold of your own personal development. We should expect no less from Britain's best workplac ...

This is the book for you, for your team, and for everyone who wants to stay alert and ahead of the curve in a rapidly changing world. I defy anyone to resist Helen and Sarah's verve, down to earth writing and practi ...

The inspiring minds behind Squiggly Careers strike again with a new book that challenges us to rethink our relationship with learning for a lifelong career that is rich and purpose led. Packed with inspiring stories ...

Fresh, enlightened and endlessly useful, Learn Like a Lobster is the essential guide of how to boost your career by taking hold of your own personal development. We should expect no less from Britain's best workplac ...

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