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If You Want that Promotion, Mindset Matters: Part Two of a Series for Introverted Women Leaders

“There are two main mindsets we can navigate life with: growth and fixed. Having a growth mindset is essential for success” ~ Professor Carol Dweck This is the second post in the series to help you to be in the best position for pursuing your next leadership promotion. Last week I wrote about being intentional, this week …

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If You Want that Promotion, Be Intentional: Part One of a Series for Introverted Women Leaders

I often receive enquiries from women who are leaders who want to get promoted to the next level. If you’re wanting to get a promotion, over the next few weeks, I’ll share some of the things that you can do to prepare and position yourself for it: “There is no way to become great overnight, …

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Does Making Business Critical Decisions Fill You with Fear as a Newly Appointed, Introverted Executive Leader?

Ineffective decision making has significant implications for company productivity. On average, respondents spend 37 percent of their time making decisions, and more than half of this time was thought to be spent ineffectively. For managers at an average Fortune 500 company, this could translate into more than 530,000 days of lost working time and roughly …

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Are There More Introverts Than What We Think There Are?

Reports estimate that between 30-50% of the population are introverted. Whilst, the exact amount is not known, for many people who are introverted, they are made to feel like introversion is not the ideal. Our workplaces here in the UK, the US, and many other parts of the world seem unfavourably biased towards extroversion. When …

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Is Instant Gratification Ruining Your Long-Term Success?

When wanting to make sustainable changes in our lives, creating new habits will not happen overnight. But we’ve adopted a culture where we want instant results, which can have negative repercussions on our long-term goals. I hold my hands up myself because I sometimes fall into that trap. For example, towards the end of last …

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5 Ways Introverted Women are Hindering their Leadership Success

Having coached many introverted women leaders over the years, there are some common themes I come across which, for many, have been hindering their leadership success. These challenges create anxiety and stress, which negatively affects their self-confidence, their ability to assert themselves, their decision making, and their ability to exude presence. Because they have reached …

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As an Introvert, How Do You ‘Manage’ Your Relationship with an Extrovert Manager?

This week’s post is a response to a question I was asked following a talk recently did. Q. How do you ‘manage’ your relationship with an Extrovert manager Answer Many people don’t understand exactly what is meant by the term introversion and have a misconceived idea about what it is. How you manage your relationship …

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Are You Unhappy at Work, Thinking of Changing Career, But Unsure What You Want to Do?

If you are unhappy at work, feel stuck, or doing a job that you find unfulfilling, it can sometimes be difficult knowing what it is that you really want to do. Making a change can seem scary, particularly if you have been doing your current job for a very long time. Without realising it, it …

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Progressing to Executive Leadership as an Introverted Woman When You Don’t Fit the Mould

With over 25 years coaching and leadership experience, I have spent the past 6 years intensively researching introversion and coaching introverted leaders (particularly women leaders) and discovered the main challenges that they face. My work has enabled 1000s of introverted leaders worldwide to lead with confidence, influence, and impact, and something I see repeatedly is …

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Employers Need to Be Aware of Unfavourable Bias Towards Introversion in the Workplace

Despite the awareness that has been raised over recent years about the unfavourable bias towards introversion in the workplace, this bias still very much exists. I see this time and time again through my coaching clients, workshop and webinar attendees, and the many comments and messages I receive in response to the articles I publish …

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