#401 - How Introverts Can Win in the Workplace

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Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

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🗓️ 13 May 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Introverts are the unsung heroes of the workplace. They're thoughtful, analytical, and they excel at working independently. Still, if you have an introverted personality type, getting ahead at work can be a challenge. This podcast episode is going to tell you how to leverage your introvert superpowers (because I promise, you have them) and WIN in the workplace as an introvert.

Although introverts can be assets to a team, they struggle with visibility. They may hesitate to speak up in meetings and spend lunch hours munching a salad in their car rather than socializing with coworkers. Unfortunately, upper management might mistake your introverted personality for disengagement or even disagreeableness. But there are steps you can take to make your voice heard, highlight your accomplishments, and connect with your colleagues, all while staying true to YOU.

Tune in to learn about:

05:42 Career Paths for Introverts
09:21 Tapping into Your Introvert Superpower
12:09 Signs of a Mismatched Career
16:23 The Impact of Negative Feedback
21:40 Finding Balance as an Introvert
24:19 Why Introverts Kick a$$ in the Workplace
26:30 The Value of Introverted Leaders
30:05 How to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
31:29 Self-Acceptance vs. Functioning in the World
38:23 Normalizing the Introvert Experience

And more! I hope you'll join me and my Growing Self colleague Susan for this conversation! She's an experienced career counselor and she has so many excellent career tips for introverts that you won't want to miss!

All of that and more on today's show!

xoxo,

Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

P.S. — If you want support building a thriving career, schedule a free consultation: https://www.growingself.com/schedule-free-consultation/

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0:00.0	Work meetings leave you feeling absolutely exhausted and have you thought that you would rather
0:06.7	crawl out of your skin than attend a networking event? If so, chances are you may be an introvert,
0:14.9	which can make doing some of the things one needs to do in order to have a successful career feel a little bit more
0:23.5	challenging. So on today's episode of the podcast, we're talking about how introverts can win
0:30.4	at the workplace and how you can actually leverage your introvert superpowers because,, you have them, in order to create a
0:41.8	more satisfying and successful career path.
0:49.2	I don't know what to say.
0:54.4	Mood music today features the band Modern Art.
0:58.6	The song is Hello Goodbye.
1:00.8	A little nod to that hi goodbye you might get from a card carrying introvert.
1:08.0	My guest today is my colleague Susan Henderson. Susan is a very experienced career
1:15.0	counselor and coach who has helped a lot of people navigate this path and who herself identifies
1:23.8	as an introvert. So she has a lot of insight into this topic. And Susan, thank you so much
1:30.5	for joining me today to help our introvert friends. Yes, thank you so much for having me.
1:37.3	Yeah. So, well, this is important because, you know, I mean, it needs to be discussed that in so many
1:43.8	real ways, our whole
1:46.1	culture is really designed for extroverts to shine, right? There are expectations,
1:55.7	particularly when it comes to some of the career things. Have you found that to be true that an extroverted way of
2:04.8	being tends to be privileged over the kind of quiet way that introverts have? I think you're
2:11.9	100% correct. I think the world is definitely built for extroverts and it can be difficult as an introvert to
2:19.9	kind of navigate that and figure out how to work in the world full of extroverts.
2:27.2	Totally.
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