Susan Cain’s blockbuster book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking unleased a ‘quiet revolution’ that changed, for the better, how introverts are perceived. Before the Quiet Revolution launched introverts were compared with extroverts and were found lacking: “Introversion existed somewhere between …
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“Quiet is a fast depleting resource.” Introverts need access to quiet spaces to maintain our health and well-being. A fact we have been sounding the alarm about for years. Now it seems that other groups are also concerned about the increased levels of noise in our …
Are You Ready to Go Back to Work? In a recent Washington Post article John Hackston, head of thought leadership at the Myers-Briggs Company stated, “Introverts are dreading return to work”. Of course many of us will be happy to reconnect with colleagues and friends who we …
We have been waiting for well over a year to get back to “normal”. For many of us this means returning to work. Depending on where you live and the type of work you do this may be causing some anxiety. In Canada a KPMG poll …
Do Extroverts Make Better Leaders? In 2015 when I wrote The Dynamic Introvert: Leading Quietly with Passion and Purpose the ideal leader was someone with an extroverted personality. Of course we (I’m a card carrying introvert myself) failed to measure up, especially in the workplace. At that time, …
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Tips for Introverts Struggling with Anxiety Is anxiety more of a problem for introverts? I’ve always thought so! A lot of people struggle to cope with anxiety and I wondered if this was more of a problem for introverts as we tend to spend a lot of …