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Are You Procrastinating and Self-Sabotaging Your Success Because of Fear?

Many people mistakenly believe that people who procrastinate are lazy or lack motivation. Whilst this may apply to some people who procrastinate, it doesn’t apply to all. I regularly work with successful senior leaders who are ambitious high achievers but aren’t achieving their full potential because they self-sabotage by procrastinating. They are hard on themselves, …

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Introvert Bias: Myth or Reality?

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 …

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How to Give Negative Feedback for Leaders Who Find Doing So Challenging

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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Overcoming Energy Dips for Introverted Leaders

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 …

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How Thought Leadership Can Help Introverted Leaders to Be More Visible

Thought leadership is a great way for introverted leaders to increase their visibility, raise their profile, and showcase their expertise. Because introverts typically don’t want to be in the spotlight, demonstrating their thought leadership is a good way for them to become widely known in their organisation and industry for their knowledge and expertise. If …

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