Quietly Visible

Meetings are probably one of the most psychologically unsafe spaces in the workplace. In this episode, I very briefly touch on the findings regarding meetings from my research study looking at what the experience is of belonging and psychological safety in the workplace for introverted women leaders.

For many of the introverted women leaders that I coach, it is once they fully understand themselves, understand introversion, and embrace who they are that they unlock their introverted superpowers and thrive. They become more confident and self-assured which has a positive impact both professionally and personally. In this episode, I talk about how understanding yourself is key to unlocking your...

What does a confident and hopeful self mean to you? As a primary teacher, chaplain and life coach, Jessica Rowlands has spent much of her life observing people, none of whom are ordinary. Listening to them, seeing them and attempting to truly understand and accept them for who they are including all the not so good bits as well as the good bits, Jessica has observed that this brings safety in rela...

Angela Clucas, a registered nutritionist and coach based in the Isle of Man, is passionate about helping people make a change, not just for the duration of working with her, but for life. Angela is obsessed with behaviour change and the brain and how we can rewire our thoughts to influence our behaviour.  In this episode she talks about how her journey to launching her company Next Level Nutrition...

Certified Professional Coach, author and speaker, Kamini Wood,  helps high-achievers heal their relationships with themselves. She helps people take courageous steps in identifying limiting beliefs, reasons for stagnation and overcoming self-doubt in order to live a fulling professional and personal life.  In this episode Kamini shares some of the life experience that led her to self-leadership. A...

It is often said that women don't utilise their networks enough, but networking can be beneficial for career success. For introverted women, networking can be a bit of a nightmare. Not liking small talk, environments which are over stimulating, and being drained of energy from doing it. These can all contribute to some introverted women not enjoying it. In this episode I share tips on how to m...

Old habits or long held beliefs, can hold us back in our lives and stop us from being the person we are meant to be. Clinical Hypnotherapist and Advanced Rapid Transformational Therapist (RTT) Kate Hoyle, believes that you can't truly fix a problem until you go back to the root cause to find out what caused it in the first place.  Becoming a therapist was a complete change of career for Kate,...

A few thoughts for International Women's Day 2023.

In this episode I talk about my lived experience of imposter syndrome, where it came from, and how I overcame it using examples of 2 significant times in my life when I experienced it.

When we put on a persona and try to be someone that we are not, we put pressure on ourselves, which can be stressful. For someone who is introverted and acts extraverted for the majority of the time, not only do they put themselves under pressure, but it is also exhausting. I have had many coaching clients who are on the verge of burnout when they come to me for coaching, who have been putting on...

Lola Garay Abad has been a teacher for over 20 years, a teacher coach/trainer for over 10, and a team leader for most of her education career. In all these years she has worked with thousands of people including educators, who have struggled with expressing themselves, due to the stigma attached to introversion.  As an introverted woman herself, and having such stigma very present in her mind...

One of the Delphic maxims (engraved on the sacred temple of Apollo at Delphi in Greece) , and probably the most well know is "Know Thyself".  There are many interpretations, but you could say in a nutshell that it is about reflecting and developing a greater understanding/awareness of who you are, could be and/or who you ought to be, and in turn an awareness of others and your relationship to...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)  was first identified in 1902 by British pediatrician Sir George Still, but yet it was not until 2000 (according to the Learning Assessment and Neurocare Centre Limited trading as LANCUK) that it was recognised as a valid condition!  LANCUK state on their website that "prior to that time and throughout the 1990s there was an enorm...

If you want to be influential and impactful as a leader, how you manage yourself and your relationships is crucial. To do this effectively requires self-awareness. I believe that self-awareness is the key to opening the door to being a great leader. In this episode I talk about the effects of a lack of self-awareness, how being self-aware benefits you, and share ways in which you can develop your...

Debra Bell-Campbell, owner and lead consultant with Inspired Visions Consulting Group, LLC and the co-owner of 2Paths1Leader, LLC, is devoted to enhancing leadership skills for aspiring, emerging, and seasoned female leaders, particularly those who identify as introverts.  Her belief is that introverts don't have to change who they are but can learn how to leverage their introversion, elevate...

Yinka Ewuola believes that whether you are a business owner or senior leader in the corporate world, what you bring to the market place has a value and that YOU are never for sale.  In this episode, Yinka shares some of her journey and experiences from childhood, her career in the banking world, and current status as a multi-award winning business owner, coach, strategist, trainer and TEDx speaker...

Whilst it is good to have dreams and goals to aspire to, you also need to keep things real, and sometimes you need to re-evaluate whether the goal is the right goal, or whether you are going about achieving it in the right way. Sometimes you may be so focused on reaching your goal that you can’t see the reality of what is going on around you. Whilst I believe that goal setting is a good thing, the...

Being a parent is seen by many as rewarding, joyful and also difficult at times, and in our modern society, the task of juggling parenting with a career can be challenging.  In this week's episode I am joined by Chioma Fanawopo who is not only the mother of 2 sons (aged 17 and 10), but an award-winning and Forbes-featured practitioner with over 10 years of experience in the education, charity...

In this week's episode, Lee Caraher, founder and CEO of Double Forte, best-selling author, and sought-after speaker, shares her thoughts on ways employees can stay relevant in the workplace - whether introverted or extroverted - especially in today's turbulent and ever changing environment .  She claims that if you are not findable, you are not relevant, in the sense that you need to make you...

Meetings... interviews... brainstorming... networking... and more... Many of our workplaces are unfavourably biased towards introversion and extroversion is seen as the ideal. It's often the case that the ones who 'shout' the loudest are the ones who get heard, get the recognition, get the reward, and get ahead. Whilst the quieter ones get overlooked. Research supports this and shows that extrover...

Being fired whilst pregnant led Akosua Cassaberry (residing in the US), to follow her dream and passion by starting her own company 'Brand Authority Publishing” for Licensed Professionals in search of local, regional, or national recognition.  Akosua developed her passion for writing and publishing from her father who was an English teacher and published author.  She entered the publishi...

Bahar Taşkın Öztürk doesn’t define herself as an introverted woman; she stepped into senior leadership positions at an early age and did not feel comfortable and confident at the beginning. Her sponsor, who was also her supervisor, enhanced that insecurity by emphasising that she needed his protection, and she felt that she owed her career success to him. She overcame this obstacle with the suppor...

Self-awareness really is a superpower.  Once you have the belief in yourself (regardless of what others assume about you), magic happens.  In this episode we meet introvert, Catrina Franklin, a Senior Manager in R&D for a pharmaceutical company in Lake County, Illinois. Catrina shares her story of being told by a senior VP that they personally would not hire her as a project manager...

In a recent discussion, the question should introverts change to fit the environment or should the environment be changed to fit introverts arose. In this episode I share my views on the matter.

One thing I often see in introverted women leaders (and extroverted ones as well), is the overuse of apologetic language. Often at the root of it is a fear of rejection, or a fear of being negatively judged. Being over apologetic can undermine you as a leader. In this episode I talk about this, and share tips on how to use more assertive language instead.