How to handle hidden and unfair bias
Powerful women are often in the news, but the topic of interest seems to be their image instead of their message. It’s tiring listening to it, and for the women themselves, I can only imagine how annoying it must be.
That’s overt judgement, but what about the stuff that happens under the surface and behind the scenes? Are you aware that as a woman leader you’re often the victim of hidden prejudice? Are you aware as a man that you may be making these judgements and you don’t even realize it?
Read More»What games did you play as a child?
This ‘what games’ question is one of my favourites to ask when people are stuck trying to figure out their natural gifts and talents. You see, as children we typically know who we are and what we want to do. We haven’t yet (hopefully) been molded and cajoled by the well-intentioned people in our lives into being what they think we should be and into doing what they think we should do.
Our underlying personality patterns are part of the hardwiring of our brains. As kids, these traits can show up at a very early age. You don’t need to be a parent to notice that some kids are just able to talk non-stop about anything and everything, and other children are more quiet and barely say a peep.
These can be clues as to whether a child has a preference for introversion or extraversion, and can be critical pieces of information when it comes to successful parenting.
Read More»Discrimination against Introverts? Nahhhhhh….
- By Dawn Frail
- In Blog, Myers-Briggs
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In a LinkedIn group that I belong to, the question was raised about whether there is discrimination against Introverts.
Well, many people would agree, Introverts and Extraverts alike, that the North American culture prizes Extraversion. Charisma, magnetism, sociability, and gregariousness are preferred personality characteristics in our western culture.
Read More»The future starts at an early age
- By Dawn Frail
- In Blog, Insights, Leadership Development
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I recently finished reading the book, The Confidence Gap, by Russ Harris, again. Its advice needs to be shared with all women, girls and parents.
Rule 1: The actions of confidence come first; the feelings of confidence come later.
In 2013, we’re trying to figure out how to make a dent in the problem of the low numbers of women in corporate senior leadership positions. One theory of how to fix the problem is to increase the level of confidence in women, and especially in young girls. The theory is that the more confidence we have, the more likely we are to compete, take necessary risks, and build skills and careers that are prone to advancement.
Read More»Introverts! Rise Up!
- By Dawn Frail
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When I saw the interview of the two Dragon’s Den celebrities talking about Introverts in business, I was both thrilled and disappointed.
Thrilled because the discussion of personality preferences is really quite main stream these days. Disappointed because the short clip eluded to Introverts needing Extraverts to sell their wares.
In light of David Chilton and Kevin O’Leary opening the door to strengths and weaknesses that each person brings to the table, remember that we can all be successful in any endeavour that we have enough passion for. But we may not all do things the same way, and one isn’t necessarily better than the other.
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