#86 — Authentic Leadership: How Introverts Stop Getting Overlooked

Have you ever done the best work on your team and watched someone else get the credit, just because they were louder in the room? For almost two decades, Joanna Rawbone copied the big-personality extroverts around her because that looked like the blueprint for success. It worked until burnout forced her to stop. Then, in a training room in Doha, she saw the same pattern she'd seen everywhere else in the world: the quiet people doing great work were consistently overlooked and undervalued. A communications director she worked with put it bluntly: extroversion bias may be "the last acceptable bias." Joanna is the founder of Flourishing Introverts. In this conversation, she explains why the standard advice of "be more confident, be more assertive, push out of your comfort zone" is really coded advice to be more extroverted. She also shows the path that works instead: build credibility first, then step into visibility on your own terms. In this episode you'll discover: Claim credit for your work without bragging, using a simple pre-frame that talks about the difference your work made, not just the fact that you did it Reframe "you're so quiet" into a statement of strength, so you stop apologizing for how you naturally lead Grow at your learning edge instead of jumping into fear and anxiety, the sustainable way to expand your comfort zone and lead authentically If you've ever felt your work should speak for itself and it doesn't, this episode gives you the language and the model to change that. Hit play and listen now. Guest Links - Flourishing Introverts — Website - Flourishing Introverts on YouTube - Flourishing Introverts Media on YouTube - Free Resources for Introverts - Quiet Is Fun Too — Children's Book for Introverts FREE FOR INTROVERTED LEADERS:🎓 Masterclass — "Why Everything You've Been Told About Getting Ahead as an Introvert Is Wrong" (30 min, on demand):https://gweinger.com/masterclass/ Look me up at https://gweinger.com/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.