Activate your Introvert

• Introvert myth of the week:
• Leadership tips to improve communication with introverts
• And a discussion with Chelsey Brooke Cole. Chelsey helps forward-thinking introverts build self-trust & self-confidence to create healthy relationships & a purposeful career. Contact Chelsey at https://www.chelseybrookecole.com/

11 ways to unlock the quieter talent in your business. More details at https://introvertinbusiness.co.uk/performance-through-people/   

A summit for HR professionals, business owners and leaders who want to increase productivity from their teams, while increasing staff loyalty and reducing staff turnover.

• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts don’t like to go out in public.
• Tip of the week: Ideas for virtual team events, that work for introverts and extroverts. Running virtual team events that will help your whole team work together more effectively including the introverts.  Integrating the way teams work is becoming especially important as what working together changes. From face to face, to remote and perhaps soon to hybrid working. Read more at https://introvertinbusiness.co.uk/ideas-for-virtual-team-events
• A discussion with Melanie Coeshott. Melanie is a coach who specialises in Imposter Syndrome and confidence. Contact Melanie at bluediamondcoach.com
• An advert for Performance Through People. A 5 day summit to help you get more from your team. For more information click https://introvertinbusiness.co.uk/performance-through-people

• Introvert myth of the week: introverts don’t have anything to say
• Tip of the week: Giving feedback. You can read more about this by clicking here
• A discussion with Talisa Jansen Van Rensburg. Talisa is a content creator at Media Update, I’m interviewing her after she wrote a fantastic article about introverted PR pros for online publishing company “Media Update”.
• Don't forget to get details of the speakers and book your tickets to Performance through People

Contact Talisa on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/talisa-jansenvanrensburg/ or at Media Update  https://mediaupdate.co.za

You can read her article here

• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts are more intellectual or creative than extroverts.
• Tip of the week: Ideas to manage working from home, especially as some of your team are introverts.
• And a discussion with Rachel Atkinson

Rachel is an experienced HR Professional. After many years in larger firms, she now operates her own HR consultancy that specialise in supporting charities and purpose led organisations. Contact Rachel at Redfeatherconsulting.co.uk

Leadership tip of the week: WFH and hybrid working are changing the role of leadership, here’s 5 tips to be better at managing wfh – specially considering the introvert/ extrovert differences. https:// introvertinbusiness.co.uk/7-tips-for-managing-staff-working-from-home-wfh/

Introvert myth of the week: Introverts are more intellectual or creative than extroverts.. Both myths, but if you want to read up on Internal processing which I refer to in my answer, click here.

• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts don't like to talk
• Tip of the week: Reducing the cost of staff turnover
• And a discussion with Beatrix Schmidt

Beatrix is a sleep Coach, professional Speaker and author who helps professionals overcome insomnia and sleep problem. Contact Beatrix at https://thesleepdeepmethod.com/

Reducing the cost of staff turnover. I’m sure you already know that staff turnover costs money, the interviews the adverts, the time without a person, the time training them, the time waiting until they’re as good as the leaver…. but are you missing something when it comes to staff turnover? Read more at the cost of staff turnover

Introverts don’t like to talk! A post I put on LinkedIn got a lot of people talking lately, it was about saying hello and how much more human people have been since lockdown. Read more "Saying Hello, at a step too far?

• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts are more negative
• Tip of the week: Using Johari’s window
• And a discussion with Aoife O’Brien

Aoife is a specialist in imposter syndrome and employee retention, who also runs the happier at Work podcast. Aoife is also speaking at the performance through people summit in April. Get your tickets at introvertinbusiness.co.uk/performance-through-people

Contact Aoife  at www.happieratwork.ie/ 

If you want more information on Johari's window, visit https://introvertinbusiness.co.uk/joharis-box-introverts/

• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts can't sell
• Tip of the week - Developing confidence in your team
• And a discussion with Vie Portland

Vie Portland runs a Community Interest Company that teaches self esteem and confidence workshops to children and young people.

Contact Vie at https://vieness.co.uk/

What could you be doing to help build confidence in your team members, and have you thought about 2 different types of confidence?

Extroverts are better sales people, well can you imagine what I think of that one! To put it nicely, I’m not sold on it. 

• Introvert myth of the week: Introvert are not assertive
• Tip of the week: Making zoom meetings, more useful, personal and introvert friendly
• And a discussion with Michael Beale

Michael is an NLP trainer and a stakeholder coach. Contact Michael at https://www.nlp-techniques.org/nlp-health-and-resilience/

Making zoom meetings, more useful, personal and introvert friendly. You can read more at https://introvertinbusiness.co.uk/making-zoom-team-meetings-more-personal-and-fun/

Introverts aren’t assertive.

• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts are rude
• Tip of the week: Getting your quieter team members into the chat
• A discussion with Yvonne Guérineau the Human Alchemist

Yvonne  helps progressive leaders develop positive relationships and powerful teams through self awareness, skill and confidence building. Contact Yvonne at https://www.dynamicperspectiveconsulting.co.uk/

4 ideas to get your quieter team members into the conversation. Download your guide to easier small talk, especially on zoom. https://introvertinbusiness.co.uk/smalltalk

Introverts are rude.

In this week’s show

• Introvert myth of the week: Introverts don’t like people
• Tip of the week: Goals and resolutions
• And a discussion with Jane Gunn

Known as The Barefoot Mediator, Jane is a Professional Speaker showing you how to create a work culture that is both Collaborative, Fun and allows you to manage the inevitable Change, Challenge and Crisis.

Contact Jane at janegunn.co.uk

Goals and resolutions: We are in the graveyard zone of new year resolutions where, apparently, most people give up or have given up on their new year resolutions. Is there something better to think about – developing success habits? Introvert myth of the week: Introverts don’t like people. I think this one is rude, but the myth persists. Let’s burst it. Most introverts I know are missing social contact as they’re having to work from home, how can that be true if introverts hate people?