Improve your team’s productivity by understanding introversion.
Confidence is important in business, and something that many introverts perceive they don’t demonstrate. Being introverted is not about confidence, you can learn to have more confidence.
Here are number of relevant articles, which I hope you find interesting.
Self-doubt affects people’s performance; their manager and the individual can both take actions to improve this. All people suffer from self-doubt; there are reasons to suggest it may affect introverts more, although self-doubt is not a characteristic of introversion. Self-doubt is part of another one of “the big 5 characteristics” (OCEAN), neuroticism.
It’s fairly common for managers to believe some of their team members have nothing to say, and blame it on them being quiet or introverted. Introversion doesn’t mean they have nothing to say, but it may require a change in the way team meetings are run. The real problem could be more deep seated, either in the person or how your meetings are run.
What’s your personal brand? Personal Branding can be for anybody; what are you doing to manage your personal brand (whether introvert or extrovert)?
Have you ever considered sexual energy? It’s certainly something I don’t normally talk about on Activate Your Introvert! This episode features a discussion with Jo Lightfoot talking about introversion in a different way!
Leon Bamforth talks about smart conflict resolution and a discussion about belonging and security.