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To help her reflect on the key takeaways from Season 2, Jennifer invited her introverted partner Bill Kahnweiler into the conversation. Understanding Bill was the initial impetus for her 15-year journey as an introvert ally. Listen in as Bill shares keen perspectives and personal reactions to our Season 2 guests.
Bill Kahnweiler was a professor of human resource development at Georgia State University in Atlanta. His research focused on people issues in the workplace. He taught various courses that focused on “the human aspects of work organizations” and published over 90 articles in scholarly and popular outlets. The most meaningful compliment he received from hundreds who endured his classes was “Funniest Professor Ever!”
Before entering academia he was a director of a high school peer counseling program, an instructor in state and federal prisons, an HR professional at GE, and a management consultant at the Hay Group (now Korn Ferry).
Jennifer B. Kahnweiler is a bestselling author and one of the leading speakers on introverts in the workplace. She is the host of the Introvert Ally Podcast. Her pioneering books, The Introverted Leader, Quiet Influence, The Genius of Opposites, and Creating Introvert-Friendly Workplaces have been translated into 18 languages.
She has delivered keynotes from Singapore to Spain. Her engaging presentations to diverse audiences blend research with provocative examples and practical tools. Jennifer has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and The New York Times and has appeared as a guest on over 100 podcasts. Jennifer holds the Certified Speaking Professional designation, awarded to a small percentage of speakers, and is proud to serve as a mentor to many professional women.
Episode Highlights
●Differences between introversion, shyness, and social anxiety
●Character roles
●Tell others what you want from them not what they're doing wrong
●Bringing your real self to work
●Networking strategies at conferences
●Paraphrasing
Resources
Www.jenniferkahnweiler.com
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bill-Kahnweiler
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Jennifer is an experienced, self-proclaimed introverted leader, who brings more than 20 years of industry experience in quality and regulatory functions. She has led global teams in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Jennifer recently started her own consulting firm, JMT Compliance Consulting, and is passionate about building energized, diverse, and inclusive teams that are motivated by a shared mission to transform healthcare.
Jennifer talks about the discovery of her own introversion, how self-awareness can affect business results and her journey to working as a senior leader. She is so glad she has learned to use introversion as a lens to understand the world and fuel her curiosity.
“As a leader, I let the creative juices happen organically. I don’t want to be the first or the last to speak.”
Episode Highlights
● Discovering her introversion
● Linking awareness to business results
● Working as an introverted business leader
● Finding time outside of work
● Why you need to be quiet
● Don’t be afraid to have a conversation
Resources
● Jennifer on LinkedIn
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Ryan talks about the dynamic of relationships between introverts and extroverts and how they can affect the dynamics both in the office and at home. He also describes how he built on his personal journey and pain to become an ally for introverts in his company and beyond.
“It is not as though I don’t want to speak. It is not as simple as putting words out there…I am processing, thinking and listening…”
Episode Highlights
● How some “feedback” can send the wrong messages to introverts
● Be brave enough to engage in conversations about I-E dynamics
● 84.51 ITOPiA - an ERG with impact
● How we can overcome judgment
Ryan Showalter’s career includes various roles within sales, insights & marketing at various research and consumer packaged goods companies. Ryan has held prior leadership positions at Kraft Heinz and Mondelez International.
He is currently Director of Consulting at 84.51°a retail, data science, insights, and media company. He leads teams to continue driving value for client-generating revenue growth. In 2019 he founded an Itopia, an Employee Resource Group for Introverts, one of the first of its kind. Resources
● 84.51
● How Introverts Can Shatter the Leadership Glass Ceiling
The Uplow’d Podcast with Ryan and Jennifer
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Nancy talks about discovering her own introversion, her experience working in Wall Street, communicating in corporate environments and promoting yourself as an introvert. She shares ideas like commenting on the question that is asked and say. “My first thought is…”
“It became clear to me that what I wanted to do was enrich others.”
Episode Highlights
● How burnout led to a new fulfilling career
● Writing her book “Self-Promotion for Introverts”
● Lessons from Wall Street
● Paraphrasing
● Being a “Thinking Partner”
● Networking as an introvert
Nancy Ancowitz
Nancy Ancowitz is a coach specializing in career advancement and presentation skills. She's been speaking about and coaching introverts since the early 2000's. A pioneer of popular introvert literature, Nancy wrote the book, Self-Promotion for Introverts®️: The Quiet Guide to Getting Ahead, a Publishers Weekly "Best Book." Nancy's other work has been published by The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Nancy Ancowitz’s website
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Michelle talks about why she took an interest in studying personality types in professional environments, working in the tech industry and her smart work model. She believes we need to bring to life a new way of working and to understand how to optimize which ways work best for people and adapt. Learn what brings people into the office.
Michelle is an extrovert, an experienced human resource leader and a true introvert ally. Currently, she serves as director and HR leader for Bosch Corporate Research. She has held several HR leadership roles at such companies as NXP and Trimble.
“We were very reliant on our building to deliver culture messages and now we need to go beyond the building and move through screens.”
Episode Highlights
● Studying personality types
● Creating safety zones
● Raising awareness in one’s value
● Working in the tech industry
● The Smart Work Model
● Understanding team dynamics
● The 1+1=11 Culture
Resources
● Michelle on LinkedIn
● Bosch
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Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985 the organization now has over 11,000 chapters in 77 countries throughout every populated continent of the world. Each year, BNI passes on millions of referrals resulting in billions of dollars worth of business to its members.
Ivan talks about systems of communication that help introverts expand their network. Learn how he progressed professionally and was uncomfortable meeting new people. As a result, he created a “system” that enabled him to meet people in an organized, structured, environment that did not require that he actually talk to strangers.
“It is not who you know, it is how well you know each other that counts”
Episode Highlights
● Discovering his introversion
● The “Open 3 Technique”
● Look for larger, groups at events
● Find overlapping areas of interest
● “GAINS” exchange
● A workable follow up system
Resources
● Ivan's website
● Ivan’s Facebook page
● OMG I am an introvert
● Networking Like a Pro
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Richard has over 15 years of experience working with the public, private, and third sectors as a communication consultant specializing in personal and corporate brand development, internal and external focused campaigns, and promotional film production. He was the official videographer to British Prime Minister Theresa May,Currently Director of Internal Communications at Elsevier, a medical data and analytics publisher, Richard also teaches a Guardian Masterclass series for introverts.
Richard is also the founder of The Introvert Space – a consultancy that seeks to increase personality diversity from classroom to boardroom. He talks about his journey as an introvert helping others find their voice.
“I would love to be me in front of more people..there is a danger that we keep our masks on longer than we have them off.”
Episode Highlights
● Discovering his introversion
● How teachers were key
● Video production as an introvert
● Finding mentors
● Civil service
● Educational work
● Be mindful and aware of common misconceptions
Resources
● Richard's website
● The ID Project: My Dominica Story
● BlackIntrovertsWeekUK
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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 latest book: Talking on Eggshells: Soft Skills for Hard Conversations, how to turn conflict into cooperation, having tough conversations for introverts, the eyebrow test, and much more!
“My life is my lab. I ask people if I can use their real life examples.”
Episode Highlights
● Writing the new book
● We avoid, accommodate or get angry
● “Ink it when you think it.”
● Interpersonal and self-awareness
● The skill of having tough conversations
● The power of a repeatable phrase
● The Eyebrow Test
● Change the conversation
Resources
● Talking on Eggshells: Soft Skills for Hard Conversations
● The Intrigue Agency
● Tongue Fu! Training Institute
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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 strengths, embrace a growth mindset, foster innovation, build trust and create transformational change.
Josh talks about how he learned to navigate through the corporate world as a neurodivergent with ADHD and dyslexia, dyscalculia, and anxiety.
“There is no box when you grow up neurodivergent because you have to invent the world for yourself. “
Episode Highlights
● Creating an alter ego
● The practical joke that changed his life
● How he builds networks of success
● Finding your strengths
● Ways to be an introvert ally
Resources
● Josh on LinkedIn
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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 Online and The Mission List, an award-winning digital-consulting firm and influencer marketing company dedicated to social change in 2010 and sold her businesses in 2021.
She helped Hillary Clinton log on for her first internet chat and has launched digital campaigns for President Obama, Malala Yousafzai, the United Nations, the CDC, and many other leading figures and organizations. She lives outside Boston with her family and menagerie.
Morra discusses what made her shift towards mental health issues at work, differentiating introversion and anxiety, what you can do when feeling anxious, and much more!
“American work is not made for anyone’s mental health….Something needs to change.”
Episode Highlights
● Focusing on anxiety
● Introversion and social anxiety
● Why some anxiety is normal
● Identifying what triggers your anxiety
● Providing support in the workplace
Resources
● Morra's website
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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 in Atlanta. His research focused on participative leadership, innovative career development practices, and system-level interventions designed to maximize organizational and individual effectiveness. He taught a wide variety of courses that focused on “the human aspects of work organizations” to undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. students. Bill also has published over 90 articles in scholarly and popular outlets.
Bill intentionally tried to learn along with his students and probably learned more than they did. The most meaningful compliment he received from hundreds who endured his classes was “Funniest Professor Ever!”
Jennifer B. Kahnweiler is a bestselling author and one of the leading speakers on introverts in the workplace. She is the host of the Introvert Ally Podcast. Her pioneering books, The Introverted Leader, Quiet Influence, The Genius of Opposites, and Creating Introvert-Friendly Workplaces have been translated into 18 languages.
Jennifer has partnered with leading organizations like Amazon, Merck, Kimberly Clark, NASA, Bosch, and the US Centers for Disease Control. She has delivered keynotes from Singapore to Spain. Jennifer holds the Certified Speaking Professional designation, awarded to a small percentage of speakers, and is proud to serve as a mentor to many professional women. She received her PhD in counseling and organizational development from Florida State University and her degrees in sociology and counseling from Washington University, St. Louis. A native New Yorker, Jennifer calls Atlanta, GA home.
Bill and Jennifer conclude the first season of the podcast by reviewing the previous episodes and discussing what stood out to them from each one!
“The rarely if ever expressed major purpose of higher education is to employ the otherwise unemployable, most assuredly including him”
Episode Highlights
●Some concerns about the Big Five
●Questions are your best friends
●Solitude vs. unhealthy isolation
●Being raised in a family of extroverts
●Networking strategies at conferences
●Getting fired IS personal
●Having a strong support system
●Introverts can self-sabotage
●Listening tours without questions
Resources
Www.jenniferkahnweiler.com
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bill-Kahnweiler
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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 Company, Cadbury Adams and L’Oreal USA.
She has won numerous company awards, has been very involved in mentoring and sponsorship and volunteers with the unhoused through the Chosen 300 in Philadelphia and the Salvation Army.
Tanya talks about her realization of being an introvert, how this affected her decision to change careers, being a black woman in the corporate world, and much more!
“I don’t want to ever dim my light or show up inauthentically.”
Episode Highlights
● When she first realized she was an introvert
● Changing careers
● Be vulnerable and intentional
● Practice your social confidence
● Being a black woman in the corporate world
Resources
● Tanya Vaughn on LinkedIn
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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 overwhelm, eliminate stress and guesswork, and get on a clear path to Rapid Growth. Called “the real deal” by Forbes, his methods have transformed over 3500 businesses to date. He is the author of The Introvert’s Edge and The Introvert’s Edge To Networking.
Matt talks about his journey in serving the introverted community, the strengths introverts can leverage, using a systems approach, and much more!
“If you can’t be the loudest you’ve got to be the clearest.”
Episode Highlights
● Serve the introvert community
● How introverts can be their own worst enemies
● Introverts can sell and network so do it
● Strengths introverts can leverage
● Use a systems approach to lead and sell
Resources
● Matthew's website
● The Introvert's Edge
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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 Introvert's Way and Introverts in Love, writer Sophia Dembling was among the pioneers in the introvert-positive movement. These days, Sophia is exploring grief in her new Psychology Today blog, Widow's Walk.
Sophia talks about balancing the needs of an introvert to have some space for themselves and interact with people. She also talks about her experience of recently losing her husband and how she dealt with feeling lonely while still finding time for herself.
“It is key for introverts to figure themselves out…to understand the nuances of protecting your introversion but not shutting yourself away.”
Episode Highlights
● Being self-aware as an introvert
● Parsing the difference between
introversion and shyness
● Introverts unite quietly
● Losing her husband
● Communal solitude
● Concept of boundaries
Resources
● Sophia's website
● The Introvert’s Way
● Introvert’s In Love
● The Introvert's Corner by Laurie Helgoe
● Widow's Walk
● Introvert Power
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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 Company, then as CEO of Campbell Soup Company, and then as Chairman of Avon Products. In 2011, he founded ConantLeadership: a mission-driven community of leaders and learners who are championing leadership that works in the 21st century.
Doug talks about finding support in the workplace as an introvert, declaring yourself as an introvert, creating a leadership model, and how interruptions are opportunities.
“The worlds I try to create are listening worlds.”
Episode Highlights
● Coming to terms with being an introvert
● Leading by listening
● Declaring yourself as an introvert
● “If It Is to be it is up to me”
● Work is personal
● “Pessimists never lead the world to higher ground”
Resources
● Conant Leadership
● The Blueprint: 6 Practical Steps to Lift Your Leadership to New Heights
● Touchpoints
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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, bare-handed.”
Jill talks about her self-discovery as an introvert, the differences in culture between the eastern and western parts of the world, navigating events like conferences as an introvert, managing remote work as an introvert, and much more!
“I have to appreciate myself so others can.”
Episode Highlights
· Sports background
· Discovering the term introvert
· Social experiments each day
· Writing as a strength
· East-West cultural differences
· Being introvert-friendly at conferences
· Remote workplace tips
Resources
· Jill's website
· Quiet is a Superpower
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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).
Tony talks about growing up in an extroverted household, the influence his assertive mom had on his life, his work at GPTW, having self-awareness as an introvert, and much more!
"Most people don't work in a high trust culture...but we are
no longer where we were 10 years ago."
Episode Highlights
Growing up in an extroverted household of strong women
Diversity drives innovation including neurodiversity
· Stretching yourself and finding things that work for you
· Self-awareness is key
· The trends they are seeing at GPTW
Resources
· Great Place to Work
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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 more!
"Connections don't have to be lasting to be meaningful."
Episode Highlights
Professional background
How Gen Z inspired Connectable
Solitude and loneliness
Why talking with strangers is essential
Proportional conversations
Rivet, his intriguing new app
Resources
Ryan's website
SyncLX Connect
Rivet
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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 experience to life, including talent acquisition and development, compensation and benefits, employee listening and people analytics, employee communications, HR technology, HR business consultants and shared services, and components of workplaces services and physical security. Her personal mission is to ensure that U Krewers around the world are better people for having worked at UKG.
Pat shares how she became an advocate for introverts, navigating through her career as an introverted C-level executive, working with introverts in the corporate workplace, and much more!
“Talking about my introversion opened up the door on how to dance with my extroverted partners, how to lead people with different styles…” Why didn’t I talk about it sooner?!”
Episode Highlights
· Owning her role at the C-level
· Engaged listening
· Echo for understanding
· Meeting hygiene
· Body language
· Questions are your best friends
· Be an advocate
Resources
· Pat Wadors at UKG
· Pat Wadors on LinkedIn
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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!
Episode Highlights
· Challenging assumptions about introversion
· Introverts and Extroverts can both be open to experience
· Analytical and intuitive intelligence
· There are wild introverts
· How dopamine plays a role in introverts and extraverts
· Ambiversion as questionable science
Resources
· Scott's website
· Center for Human Potential
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