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This Month’s Round-Up of Inspiration and Information for Introverted Women Leaders (and Anyone Else Who Will Benefit)

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10 Misconceptions About Introversion   When I shared a post 10 Misconceptions About Introversion on LinkedIn and mentioned how misconceptions about introversion can create an unfavourable bias toward introverted leaders, it sparked an interesting conversation in the comments. The 10 misconceptions were: 1.     Introverts are shy. 2.     Introverts lack self-confidence. 3.     Introverts are socially awkward. 4.     Introverts are socially […]

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Introverts of LinkedIn: Changing the Narrative About Introversion in the Workplace

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Meetings… interviews… brainstorming… networking… and more… Many of our workplaces are unfavourably biased towards introversion and extroversion is seen as the ideal. It’s often the case that the ones who ‘shout’ the loudest are the ones who get heard, get the recognition, get the reward, and get ahead. Whilst the quieter ones get overlooked. Research

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Twitter, Meta (Facebook), Amazon… Who’s Next? – How Leaders Can Support Employees Through the Threat of Job Loss

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This month alone we have seen 3700 job losses and a reported 4400 contract workers cut at Twitter, 11,000 job losses at Meta, and this week it was reported that Amazon is planning to lay off 10,000 employees. It’s not just the tech industry that is affected by job losses, we are seeing it in

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The Power of Introversion and Acting Authentically: Q&A Session

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I get asked many questions on the topic of introversion either through this newsletter, DMs and emails, as well as the talks, workshops, and webinars that I deliver. Questions range from leading as an introverted woman (or man), leading introverts, making the workplace more inclusive for introverts, overcoming imposter syndrome when introverted, and much more.

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A Round-Up of Inspiration and Information for Introverted Women Leaders (and Anyone Else Who Will Benefit)

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I have decided to mix things up a bit with my blogs and deviate from the usual style from time to time. Some of my thoughts include doing a monthly round up of posts you may have missed, and other information at the beginning of the month; spotlighting members (namely those of you who subscribe

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Overcome the Fear of Rejection from Being Told No – Because if You Don’t Ask, You Don’t Get

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I first published an article about this topic 8 years ago, but it is a topic I have seen come to the fore quite a bit recently, so I have refreshed it for those of you who may not have read it first time around: How many times have you failed to ask for what

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Mastering the Art of Visibility and Profile Raising for Introverted Leaders

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Gone are the days where a person’s work would speak for itself and that would be sufficient for them getting the recognition that they deserve. These days if you’re not self-promoting and raising your visibility and profile, you can easily go unnoticed and get passed over for promotion. This can be challenging for introverted leaders

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Does Your Organisation Create an Environment that Allows for Introverts to Speak Up in Meetings in their Preferred Way?

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This is for leaders at all levels in organisations: People who are introverted are often told that they should speak up more in meetings. If they don’t speak a lot in meetings, this is often misunderstood by people who do not fully understand what being introverted means. It doesn’t mean that they haven’t got anything

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The Danger for Introverted Women Who Don’t Recognise When their Thoughts are Holding them Back

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Our thought life is very important. However, many of us don’t enough attention as to whether what we are thinking about is true when it comes to negative self-talk. Work and life can get so busy that it feels as if you’re constantly on a treadmill and you just keep on going and going, unable

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