Activate your Introvert

In this week’s show

• Returning to the office and planning change the right way round
• A discussion with Mindy Gibbins Klein: Mindy is a high energy, low maintenance and fun professional speaker and consultant focused on Thought Leadership and Thoughtful Leadership. Contact Mindy at https://Mindygk.com
• Question of the week: Why should I treat introverts differently? A 4 STEP guide to improving communications in the whole team, including your introverts, without treating people differently.

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My takeaways from the discussion were:

• How long is a useful thought
• Are you being a thoughtful leader, or a thought leader?
• How is being busy affecting your ability to be thoughtful

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In this week’s show

• Happiness, overly simple measures of people issues and extroverted v introverted leaders
• A discussion with Lysette Offley. Lysette is the founder of Genius Material and The Genius Principles. She helps people break through the glass ceiling, building on their natural preferences and helping people learn. Contact Lysette at https://Genius-Material.com or https://GeniusPrinciples.com
• Questions which simply annoy introverts and display a lack of thought

My takeaways from the discussion were:

• Brain is always looking out for you – the little voice in your head. We shouldn’t fight it, but no how we can use it.
• To study, optimally, consider your personality. Introvert, or extrovert.
• To run an effective team, consider your personality, so you can help others use there’s

What were yours? Add to a discussion on the Facebook page Activate Your Introvert

What question would you like answered about introversion? Visit ActivateYourIntrovert.co.uk  and let me know. I’ll answer your question on the show, and you'd be welcome to join me on the show, if you like.

In this week’s show

• Do you remember, café working and Rishi Sunak’s photo :
• Jon’s thoughts on small talk. There is no guest this week as I’ve been asked so often about small talk, I thought I’d give you my thoughts . But back to normal next week.
• Question of the week: Do introverts enjoy themselves?

What question would you like answered about introversion? Visit ActivateYourIntrovert.co.uk  and let me know. I’ll answer your question on the show, and you'd be welcome to join me on the show, if you like.

In this week’s show

• Sports bras, trends, and motivation at work
• A discussion with Mark Lee: Mark is a recovering accountant who now devotes his time helping other accountants to be more successful in practice. He also runs a website for specialist tax advisers and anybody wanting specialist tax. Mark was one of the first people I interviewed on the show over 2 years ago. Mark’s episode was one of the most popular episodes and he is a great guy to chat to, with lots of business performance ideas worth listening to Contact Mark at https://findataxadviser.online or https://linkedin.com/in/bookmarklee
• Question of the week: Workplace bullying – Are introverts, or extroverts more likely to be bullies?

What question would you like answered about introversion? Visit ActivateYourIntrovert.co.uk and let me know. I’ll answer your question on the show, and you'd be welcome to join me on the show, if you like.

My big takeaways from the discussion were

• Just because some people don’t show enjoyment, doesn’t mean they’re not and introverts may fall into that group.
• Online training and conferences will be more common in 2023 than 2019 and there are benefits to that
• Adapt generic advice to suit your personality
• Have clarity on the type of people you seek to influence the most.

What were yours? Add to a discussion on the Facebook page Activate Your Introvert

In this week’s show

• Can you remember 2 years ago this week? So much has changed, for introverts, for business, and many other aspects of life. How have things changed in your work interactions, two years on and are you helping create that infamous new normal, in a positive way?
• A discussion with Derek Arden: Derek specialises in negotiation and runs an excellent podcast called Monday Night live. Recently he was talking about reframing, which is an interesting subject for many aspects of business, including leading people, improving your own performance and of course negotiation. reframing, an interesting concept Contact Derek at https://www.derekarden.co.uk/negotiation-blog/
• Question of the week: What should I ask an introvert? Small talk is something many people don’t like, both introvert and extrovert. But interestingly many extroverts don’t know how to start a conversation with somebody who doesn’t like small talk

What question would you like answered about introversion? Visit ActivateYourIntrovert.co.uk and let me know. I’ll answer your question on the show, and invite you onto the show if you'd like.

In this week’s show

• How to market yourself without being pushy – that applies whether you’re employed, or self employed; as I've had many requests on the subject.
• How to build a community and why some people don’t like the trendy thing about tribe building – which is many introverts
• A discussion with Denise Fay: Denise is a community builder. She helps Business Owners Get Clear on their Marketing Message to Create a Community of Raving Fans. Contact Denise at https://www.achievemarketing.ie/
• Question of the week: Does introversion have real causes, or is it just learnt behaviour

I was recently talking about introversion, communication and neuroscience with Dr Lynda Shaw and Michael Dodd. Here’s the link to the YouTube clip, although I’ll talk more about it in coming weeks. What question would you like answered about introversion? Visit ActivateYourIntrovert.co.uk and let me know. I’ll answer your question on the show, and invite you onto the show, if you like.

In this week’s show

• Saying it right. I used to get frustrated when people spelt my name wrong (there’s no H in Jon), but imagine when most of the world keeps pronouncing your capital city wrongly. One tiny way we can respectfully stand up for Ukraine.
• A discussion with Cait Saunders: Cait is the communications and engagement manager at the independent parliamentary standards authority and I managed to talk for 12 minutes without referring to any recent governmental shall we say “issues”.Connect with Cait at https://www.linkedin.com/in/cait-saunders-2a8a8870/
• Question of the week: Who’s job is it anyway? Should the introvert change, or the team leader?

What question would you like answered about introversion? Visit ActivateYourIntrovert.co.uk and let me know. I’ll answer your question on the show, and invite you onto the show, if you like

In this week’s show

• Thinking about time management, if you’ve got time.
• A discussion with Clare Kumar: Clare is a Highly Sensitive Executive Coach guiding professionals towards sustainable performance through greater productivity and well-being. Contact Clare at https://clarekumar.com/
• Question of the week: How can I be better at managing introverts

What would you like to know about introversion in business? Ask your question at ActivateYourIntrovert.co.uk

In this week’s show

• A discussion with Ella Orr: Ella is a Social media marketing and personal branding expert and we had a fascinating conversation about social media, extroversion, introversion and exhaustion. Contact Ella at www.muchmoresocial.co.uk
• Question of the week. Are introverts more highly sensitive?
• Growing fraud, eroding trust and teamwork

What question would you like answered about introversion? Visit ActivateYourIntrovert.co.uk and let me know. I’ll answer your question on the show, and invite you onto the show, if you'd like