What started as a little experiment with 15 women for breakfast is growing up – Quietly Powerful is now 2 years old and have now reached thousands of people from around the world. I feel grateful for the memorable moments, inspiration and support from a range of people!
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There have been plenty of discussion and writings about sexism, racism and age-ism. Have you noticed personality-ism, though?
Let me offer a few examples I have personally heard of or experienced…
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Recently I heard two cases where leaders with track records were unsuccessful for roles they applied for, and they were unsuccessful because the hiring manager was looking for a ‘strong leader’.
One of them wrote to me and said:
“I think they were looking for that [a dominating style of leader] because it is their current workplace culture. They fight, they push each other around…”
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There seems to be an automatic assumption that when we talk about quiet people, they are introverts. In many cases this is true, but not always. Having worked on the Quietly Powerful movement for a while now, this is definitely not the case and worth keeping in mind.
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Many have spoken and written about the War for Talent. I wrote an article Let’s stop the war for talent nearly 3 years ago. My thinking has evolved, but my message is largely the same. In fact, I shared at the EEON (Equal Employment Opportunity Network) lunchtime talk on 20th March that if organisations are serious about talent as a key driver of performance and growth, they need to focus on the War on Wasted Talent.
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I recently had an interesting evening where I went to two unrelated, separate events and came away with the one message.
We keep trying to fix people who don’t fit.
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One of the frustrating things about being more introverted is that you get put into an ‘introvert’ box. Introverts are regularly stereotyped as:
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Time and time again I hear people in organisations say they wished their leaders listened to them more.
How would you feel working for a leader who:
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I have continued to receive messages from women who could relate to The double glazed glass ceiling and Are you ‘covering’ your quieter self? All five of the Quietly Powerful Women’s Breakfasts are now booked out and more women are interested. So what’s going on?
Read more “Introversion is not a disorder and femininity does not equal weak”