Introvert Ally

Sam Horn is the CEO of the Intrigue Agency, a positioning/messaging consultancy, which helps people design and deliver TEDx talks, keynotes, funding pitches and one-of-a-kind brands. She is also the CEO of the Tongue Fu! Training Institute, a trade-marked communication skills approach, that teaches how to give and get respect at work, at home, online and in public.   Sam talks about writing her la...

Joshua Crafford is the Vice President for Technology and Operation leadership Learning & Development Synchrony Financial, formerly GE Capital. Josh is an expert in design thinking, strategic innovation, and leadership development. He has designed, built, and led multiple learning & development departments from the ground up at fortune 200 companies.   He teaches leaders how to discover their stren...

Mora Aarons-Mele is the host of The Anxious Achiever, a top-10 management podcast that helps people rethink the relationship between their mental health and their leadership. Her books include The Anxious Achiever and Hiding in the Bathroom   She is passionate about helping leaders understand what their anxiety is telling them, and how they can put this knowledge to work.   Morra founded Women Onl...

Bill & Jennifer Kahnweiler   Bill Kahnweiler is a Baby Boomer with a varied work history—from director of a peer counseling program in a high school, college teacher in state and federal prisons, and HR professional in a Fortune 10 corporation to a human resource management consultant in a global firm.   Before retiring he was a professor of human resource development at Georgia State University i...

Tanya Vaughn is a multifaceted senior category & channel sales executive with 18 years' Consumer Packaged Goods experience. She has enacted corporate change through diversity, inclusion, and culture initiatives that build a sense of belonging, trust, and transparency for employees.   She is currently the Director of Customer Marketing at Mars Wrigley and has held positions at Campbell's Soup Compa...

Matthew Pollard is an internationally-recognized consultant, speaker, blogger, author, mentor, coach, and serial entrepreneur with five multi-million dollar business success stories under his belt, all before the age of 30. He is the founder and CEO of Rapid Growth, LLC . Though his client list includes multiple Fortune 500 companies, his real passion is helping small business owners end the overw...

Sophia grew up in New York City with aspirations to be a world-famous artist or Broadway actress. Now she is a writer and editor in Dallas, Texas. Sophia started her writing and editing career with The Dallas Morning News. Today she writes books and publishes articles and essays. She was a pioneer in the introvert space.   With her Psychology Today blog, Introverts' Corner, and her books, The Intr...

Douglas R. Conant is an internationally renowned business leader, New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, keynote speaker, and social media influencer with over 40 years of leadership experience at world-class global companies. For the past 20 years of his leadership journey, he has honed his leadership craft at the most senior levels—first as President of the Nabisco Foods Comp...

Jill Chang   Jill has fifteen years of international experience in diverse industries including sports, state government, and nonprofits. She is an International Philanthropy Advisor that works closely with twenty-three countries and has delivered over two hundred public speeches in the past two years alone. She is described as "not needing a script" and "the wonder woman who makes things happen,...

At Great Place to Work (GPTW) Tony helps organizations achieve desired business outcomes while developing and sustaining strong workplace culture. GPTW's culture transformation services are rooted in 25 years of research into exceptional organizations, refreshed annually through Best Companies To Work For competitions in 45 countries (ie. annual FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For in America)....

Ryan Jenkins, CSP, is an internationally recognized keynote speaker, virtual trainer, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author on the topics of leadership, generational differences, workplace loneliness, and the future of work.   Ryan talks about his new book, Connectable , the imbalance of conversations between introverts and extroverts, differences between solitude and loneliness, and much mor...

Pat Wadors serves as chief people officer (CPO) of UKG. In this role, Pat's day to day responsibilities are driven by her deep commitment to the entire employee experience — starting from a job candidate's first touch with UKG to building a strong alumni network of brand and culture ambassadors — and all the moments that matter in between. Pat oversees the critical HR functions that bring this exp...

Scott Barry Kaufman   Scott Barry Kaufman is a cognitive scientist and humanistic psychologist exploring the mind, creativity, and the depths of human potential. He is a professor at Columbia University and founder and director of the Center for Human Potential.   Scott talks about the psychology aspects of what separates introverts and extraverts, his take on the term ambivert, and much more!   E...

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