Activate your Introvert

• Leadership tip of the week: Introverts don’t need to be managed differently to everybody else. Everybody needs to be managed in the right way for them. Click here for more
• A discussion with Heidi Skirrow. Heidi is a specialist in outsourced HR and Employment Law for SMEs, she’s been heavily involved in the return to work/ office/ hybrid debate lately. Contact Heidi on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/hskirrow/
• Question of the week: Why don’t introverts like small talk?
• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts are reluctant to answer tough questions. Read more here

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• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts don’t have loud voices
• Leadership tip of the week: Consider your ego, when working with your team
• This week's question: Does a strong ego mean you're not an introvert?
• A discussion with Mike Pagan. Mike is a Mental Wealth Strategist who believes isolation kills creativity and prevents decision making. There’s a great discussion about mental wealth and things we need to put in place to support it. Contact Mike and get hold of his book at https://www.mikepagan.com/

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That article - https://bleacherreport.com/articles/857449-50-of-the-biggest-egos-in-world-football

• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts don’t like to be on stage.
• Leadership tip of the week: The problems of mixed messaging, so aptly demonstrated by the distribution of condoms for the Olympic village in Tokyo recently.
• Introvert question of the week: How can I get my introverted supervisors to get more involved in business development?
• A discussion with Daisy Simonis. Daisy helps introverts supercharge their people skills, without changing who they are. Contact Daisy at http://empoweredintroverts.com/

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• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts have low self-esteem.
• Leadership tip of the week: Home working, office working or hybrid. What things should you consider?
• A discussion with Hilary Salisbury. Hilary is a director at HS HR Services Limited with over 25 years’ experience working in senior HR roles in large corporate public sector organisations and now brings that experience to smaller businesses. Contact Hilary at https://www.hjshrservices.com/

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• Introvert myth of the week: Extroverts are better sales people. It's a myth that Ben Kench exposed in episode 11
• Tip of the week: Activity is only a proxy for engagement. Whether in meetings, when training and specially when presenting, don’t mistake activity for engagement.
• A discussion with Denyse Whilier. Denyse helps female founders turn their business into a force for good through her bespoke consultancy, training and coaching; she’s been featured on the BBC, Daily Telegraph and The Guardian. As a former CEO she’s well placed to offer this help. Contact Denyse at https://www.denysewhillier.com/

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• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts don’t make good leaders. 'An olden, that's golden'. What's more some introverts believe it too!
• Leadership tip of the week: Chaos isn’t that bad, really? When ego gets in the way of being a leader.
• A discussion with Lisa Seagroatt. Lisa is the MD at HR Fit for Purpose, she’s also and HR Award Winner at Enterprise Nation and an HR Lecturer. She has some refreshing views on leadership and performance. Contact Lisa at www.HRfitforpurpose.co.uk

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• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts are not good networkers. It's complete rubbish, of course. Click here are listen to a summary of some of the networking experts I've interviewed on this very subject.
• Leadership tip of the week: Think about Mount Recyclemore and the G7 meeting. There was a world leadership summit, it would seem wrong not to get a leadership lesson from it.
• A discussion with Angela Rhodes. Angela runs an HR consultancy which guides small/medium sized business owners through the maze of employment legislation. Contact Angela at https://www.crispinrhodes.co.uk/

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• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts and extroverts don't get on. Yes, I really have been told this nonsense! 
• Leadership tip of the week: How to engage introverts in team conversation. Have you ever found it tough to engage introverts in a team conversation? Chances are the issue is based around people energy and internal processing, so here’s 7 tips to help. 
• A discussion with Tyler Foley. Tyler has been acting in film and television since he was 6 years old and is an accomplished film and stage performer. and he’s the author of the #1 best-selling book The Power to Speak Naked. Contact Tyler at https://www.seantylerfoley.com/

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• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts are anti social. Err, no! Let’s just look at recent return to work surveys showing that 30% of introverts didn’t state a preference for home or office and 50% like the idea of flexible working.
• Leadership tip of the week: 5 ways to better understand introverts, so you can boost productivity in your firm without wasting your time. In your team there’s probably a mixture of amazing people, some are always talking extroverts, and some are much quieter introverts. It’s quite possible you find the introverts harder to get to know, harder to understand and perhaps harder to get to interact with your team.
• A discussion with Colin Newlyn. Colin decrapifys work. In his words for too many people, work is crap.
, leading to pitifully low levels of employee engagement and the workplace being awash with apathy. Contact Colin at https://decrapifywork.com or on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinnewlyn/

In this week's episode

• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts don’t like to talk. Well, that’s just not true. Introverts do love to talk, get them on a subject they like, in a setting where they think it’s worth talking about…….and they won’t shut up.
• Leadership tip of the week: What are you doing about returning to work? Will it be like "Workplace the reunion, the one where everybody got back together again" (yes, I’ve been watching Friends this week)?  Here’s some ideas based on 2 surveys. Read more here
• A discussion with Simon Badman. Simon is digital Social Media Trainer & Specialist, contact Simon on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonbadman. One odd thing I didn't expect in the discussion was all about Mr. Miyagi from karate kid. You'll have to find out why he cropped up.