Squiggly Careers The 4 Attachment Styles and How They Show Up at Work
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Mar 17, 2026 They explore how four attachment styles—secure, anxious, avoidant-dismissive, and fearful-avoidant—show up in workplace relationships. They talk about spotting your own style and how it affects teamwork and feedback. Practical tactics for adapting to different styles and building trust are highlighted. AI and simple tools for identifying styles are mentioned.
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The Four Attachment Styles Explained
- Attachment styles at work cluster into four types: secure, anxious, avoidant-dismissive, and fearful-avoidant.
- Helen highlights that secure people collaborate easily while anxious, avoidant-dismissive and fearful-avoidant show predictable trade-offs in workplace behaviour.
Sarah's Mixed Secure And Avoidant Tendencies
- Sarah self-identified as mostly secure with occasional avoidant-fearful tendencies, especially around conflict and feedback.
- She ran the AI prompt twice and found examples where she withdraws from conflict and sometimes avoids proactive feedback-seeking.
How Tone Variability Makes Sarah Hard To Read
- Helen describes Sarah as largely secure, open to feedback and collaborative, with occasional anxious flips and tone variability that can make her hard to read.
- They discuss real examples: Sarah oscillating between thoughtful messages and very direct ones, causing colleagues to second-guess intent.
