SPOTLIGHT: Facilitating Squiggly Careers With Helen Tupper

As organizations continue to face fierce competition for talent,
HR leaders have upheld internal mobility as a lever to retain
talent, yet many employees remain unaware of the career
opportunities in their organization. In this episode of the
Talent Angle, Helen Tupper illustrates how championing squiggly
careers — or nonlinear career paths — can deliver on
the promise of internal mobility by giving employees relevant and
engaging opportunities. By intentionally empowering talent to
apply their skills across a diverse set of experiences, HR
leaders can create meaningful careers for individuals while also
serving the needs of the organization.


Helen Tupper is the co-founder and CEO of Amazing If, a
company with an ambition to make careers better for everyone.
Together with her business partner Sarah Ellis, she is the author
of two Sunday Times bestsellers: “The Squiggly
Career” and “You Coach You.” Their “Squiggly Careers”
podcast is the U.K.’s No. 1 careers podcast, and their
TEDx talk “The Best Career Path Isn’t Always a Straight
Line” has over 1.5 million downloads. Helen also works as a
trustee for Working Families, a U.K. charity with a mission to
support families and caregivers with their work and life
commitments. Prior to Amazing If, she held leadership roles for
Microsoft, Virgin and BP and was awarded The Financial Times and
30% Club’s Women in Leadership MBA Scholarship. She is mum to
Henry and Madeleine and lives with her husband in
Buckinghamshire. You can find her on Instagram @amazingif.


Dion Love is a vice president of research and advisory services
at Gartner. He’s a labor market expert, focusing on global labor
market trends and what they mean for organizations’ talent and
business strategies, as well as broader social and economic
issues. In his work at Gartner, Dion advises clients on key
aspects of talent acquisition, including talent acquisition
function planning and management, talent needs definition and
internal recruiting, employment branding and recruitment
marketing, and talent sourcing and selection. He has co-authored
more than 12 strategic research studies at Gartner. His work has
been featured in the Harvard Business Review and industry
publications, as well as Gartner HR Leaders Monthly and Smarter
With Gartner.