The 4 Attachment Styles and How They Show Up at Work

In this episode, Helen and Sarah borrow brilliance from the psychology of attachment styles and explore what this concept can teach us about working relationships. Sparked by a Harvard Business Review article on managing insecure leaders, they unpack the four main attachment styles and what they might look like in the workplace: secure, anxious, avoidant-dismissive, and fearful-avoidant. If you’ve ever wondered why certain working relationships feel easy while others feel surprisingly tricky, this episode will give you a useful lens for understanding behaviour and adapting in ways that help you work better together. Episode 543 🦞 Learn Like A Lobster: 🇺🇸PRH US - 🇬🇧 Amazon UK - (00:00) Attachment styles at work (01:14) The four attachment styles explained (09:13) Helen and Sarah reflect on their own styles (22:20) How secure styles show up at work (25:06) Managing anxious behaviours (29:01) Avoidant-dismissive patterns and how to adapt (34:18) Avoidant-fearful behaviours and building trust 📚 Resources Mentioned How to Manage an Insecure Leader (Harvard Business Review) 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: 🦞 Join the Learn Like a Lobster Sprint: 📮 Get Squiggly Careers in Action in your inbox: 📚 Read our books: The Squiggly Career and You Coach You: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode is 40:30 long.

This episode was published on Mar 17, 2026.

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