• Introvert myth of the week: Being shy is NOT the same as introversion. It's a common myth, meaning many people don't get the team performance they want. 
• Leadership tip of the week: How a train driver could improve your meetings. 
• A discussion with Alex Reid. Alex Reid is known as the mindful marketing guy. He helps Quietly Ambitious Introvert Transformation Creators to unblock limiting beliefs, unlock their genius, and grow their online business. Contact Alex at https://www.ownyourquiet.com

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• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts avoid personal contact
• Tip of the week: Returning to normal and motivating your team. Read more, click here
• A discussion with David O’Beirne: David is a copywriter and marketing consultant with a strong view on overselling guru marketing agencies. Here’s what business owners and leaders should do stop to falling into the guru trap. Contact David at Quietlygood.com

• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts don’t take risks. He says, risking complaint emails.
• Tip of the week: Rethinking office noise as you think about returning to the office. For details of the survey (Belojevic, Slepcevic, & Jakovljevic (2001) mentioned and more about noise, click here.
• A discussion with John Davis. John’s background as a Stuntman, Fight Director, College Professor, Artistic Director, and Comedian – led him to be known as the corporate action hero. We discuss self esteem, communication and introversion. Contact John at https://www.corporateactionhero.com/

• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts are weird
• Tip of the week: Be aware of perceptual narrowing and hopefully avoiding it.
• A discussion with Kathy Chillistone. Kathy is an HR professional, mental health first aider and OD Specialist Contact Cathy at https://kchr.co.uk

• Introvert myth of the week: Perception is reality
• Tip of the week: Changing your perception of people can change how your team performs
• A discussion with Carol Sanford. Carol is an award-winning business educator, Summit Producer, podcaster, and author. Her books are required business school reading at Stanford and Harvard. Carol’s clients include Fortune 500 companies like Colgate, DuPont, and Seventh Generation. Carol and I discuss feedback and how it might be damaging your staff, not helping them. Contact Carol at https://carolsanford.com/

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• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts can’t network. Interesting myth, perhaps arising from the introverts perceived dislike of social situations, smalltalk or "being shy"
• Tip of the week: Getting your team to interact when you send them to meetings.  Many leaders have said to me their team are no good at networking and don't interact, here's some thoughts to help.
• A discussion with James West: What does the change towards online networking mean for networkers and especially introverted networkers. James is one of the Co-Founders of ONLE Networking - the business network for people who like people. Contact James at https://theonle.network

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• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts are not good team players. Baloney, introverts may well be better team players! You may also like to read this article
• Tip of the week: Thinking about away days, and how introverts fit. As UK workers slowly head back into the office over the next few months, you may be thinking about away days or team building (face to face or remote). What about the introverts?
• A discussion with Trudy Cooper. Trudy helps introverted ex-corporate women to become confident entrepreneurs by teaching them how to dress for success in a way that is credible and approachable. Contact Trudy at trudycooper.com

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• Performance through people. Details and tickets are here.
• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts are no good at conversation.
• Tip of the week: How a small beginning to your meeting is worthwhile for better meetings
• A discussion with Nick Shelton. Nick Shelton specialises in Social Strategy to help Introverts, Shy and Socially Awkward People Upgrade Their Lives and Lifestyles. Nick has written a great book called “An introverts guide to word domination”. I was shooting the breeze with Nick recently, we started having small talk about small talk, when I sprung on him an idea to record our discussion, this is the result. Contact Nick at https://connectedintrovert.com

• Introvert myth of the week: Extroverts are happier. Personal angst makes me want to put this in the bin....but some research says maybe I shouldn't.
• Tip of the week: Now is the time for team building. If ever there's been a time to reintegrate your team, focus them on the business needs and each other's strengths it is now. But PLEASE, no silly games for the sake of it. For more ideas on team building, click here
• A discussion with Marion Hewitt about mental health and self-compassion. Marion has a professional background in HR, now is a coach and trainer specialising in mental health first aid training and self-compassion Contact Marion at proteasolutions.co.uk

Details of the Performance Through People summit can be found at https://introvertinbusiness.co.uk/performance-through-people/

• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts are not assertive!
• Tip of the week: Consider unconscious bias. It’s something that creeps into everything all of us do and nearly got dinner tipped over my head.
• A discussion with Colin Scotland about marketing and introversion. Colin helps mission-driven entrepreneurs find clarity and get better results from marketing so they can transform more people’s lives. Contact Colin at ColinScotland.com

Performance through People – Tickets and information is available at https://introvertinbusiness.co.uk/performance-through-people