At the launch for my book Quietly Visible: Leading With Influence and Impact as an Introverted Women, I facilitated a panel discussion with Sasi Panchal, Dienaba Forfana, Susan Heaton-Wright and Helena Thernstrom, 4 introverted women who are all achieving great things, and had all overcome barriers and challenges to do so. We discussed whether introvert …
I read an article on the Harvard Business Review website this week that stated women are 20% less likely to receive actionable feedback that can contribute to their performance and growth at work. The article states that managers are less likely to give women negative feedback because they are concerned of how they will respond. It linked to …
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Not all stress is bad stress and moderate stress can actually make us perform better. It helps us to be more alert when public speaking and in interviews. It provides that exhilaration we get when competing in dangerous sports. Stress is a survival mechanism when we are faced with dangerous situations. It helps us to …
If too much social interaction during the working day, on top of your demanding role is overly stimulating you may start to feel ‘peopled out’, and experience what I call introvert drain. As introverts we tend to lose energy when we spend lengthy periods around lots of people (extroverts on the other hand tend to …
You might think of bullying as something that just happens in the school playground, however, it is just as active in the workplace as it is in the playground. The prevalence of workplace bullying in both the UK and US is far too high. According to data from the CIPD, 15% of people have experienced it, …
