Creating Introvert-Friendly Workplaces: How to Unleash Everyone's Talent and Performance
- 2h 2m
- Jennifer B. Kahnweiler
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- 2020
As the diversity, equity, and inclusion wave widens and deepens its reach, introversion is becoming a natural part of that movement. After all, about half the population identify as introverts, but many organizations are stuck in traditional extrovert-centric workplace cultures that reward people for speaking up publicly, expect them to log face time, and employ hiring and promotion practices rooted in the past. This ultimately discourages introverts from contributing and reaching their full talent potential, which could have a major impact on the bottom line.
"Champion for introverts" Jennifer Kahnweiler offers a road map for everyone in the workplace—including leaders, human resource managers, and team members—to create inclusive, introvert-friendly cultures. Kahnweiler provides an assessment to determine how introvert friendly your organization is and looks at every aspect of organizational life—hiring, training, leading, communicating, meeting, designing workplaces, and more—through an inclusive lens. You'll discover how to make open-space offices introvert friendly, what the best practices are for encouraging introverts to participate on teams, which training techniques work best for introverts, and how to make remote positions work. Kahnweiler gives you the tools to build a culture that embraces all your employees and maximizes the strengths introverts bring to your organization.
About the Author
Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, PhD, is one of the top global leadership speakers on introverts. She has been a learning and development professional and leadership speaker at leading organizations like Merck, NASA, Bosch, the American Chemical Society, Freddie Mac, the US Centers for Disease Control, and the American Management Association. She has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Fortune, and is the author of The Introverted Leader, Quiet Influence, and The Genius of Opposites. She has been named a certified professional speaker by the National Speakers Association.
In this Book
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Introduction—Harnessing Introvert Power in Your Organization
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The Introvert-Friendly Workplace Quiz
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Bringing on Great Introvert Talent
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Leading Introverts
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Communicating with Introverts
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Designing Workplace Settings
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Creating Remote Work That Works
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Building Teams
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Enhancing Learning and Development
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Conclusion—Creating Introvert-Friendly Workplaces, One Change Agent at a Time
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A Guide to Conducting Book Discussions
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Creating Introvert-Friendly Practices
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Notes
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Working with the Author
