Tag: Introverts

What Can We Learn From the Bad Job Market?

I really do think there is going to be fallout as far as the way people manage their careers, particularly when you’ve been laid off. It changes you in very significant ways,” says Jennifer Kahnweiler, an Atlanta-based executive coach and founder off AboutYOU, Inc..

Bias Againist Introverts

I met a very extroverted guy on line waiting at my local coffee shop. We started making conversation and the discussion moved to my fave topic  – introverts and extroverts…

Introverted Leader Featured In Forbes.com

Bob Goodyear, one of the many terrific professionals featured in The Introverted Leader: Building On Your Quiet Strength just made the lead to a story on Forbes.com about “saying…

Try “Brainwriting” for a change

Want to get both the introverts and extroverts in the room to contribute thoughtful responses? Try taking a break from talking out ideas and switch to writing them down. The…

To Tweet or Not To Tweet

My early adopter friends have been using Twitter for a while and I know I will be moving into the fray soon. Have started to hear about some valuable connections, job opportunities and “inside scoops” on companies. Do you think extroverts and introverts differ in how(and even if) they are twittering

Do We Have To Talk Out Everything?

Two introverted participants in a recent communications seminar told me how frustrated they both were. What about? It turns out their company wants them to “talk out” project ideas to a variety of people outside their internal group. This is the new expectation in their culture – that they float ideas in the early stages. These introverted leaders are concerned that this reluctance to carefully think through ideas before sending them half baked into the “corporate universe”results in lower quality output.