eBook - ePub
Creating Introvert-Friendly Workplaces
How to Unleash Everyone’s Talent and Performance
- 192 pages
- English
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eBook - ePub
Creating Introvert-Friendly Workplaces
How to Unleash Everyone’s Talent and Performance
About this book
"This important book offers organizations the keys to introvert inclusion."
—Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet Influence
The first guide to creating a welcoming culture that maximizes the powerful contributions introverts bring to the workplace.
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.
—Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet Influence
The first guide to creating a welcoming culture that maximizes the powerful contributions introverts bring to the workplace.
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.
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Chapter 1
The Introvert-Friendly Workplace Quiz
In order to create an introvert-friendly workplace, you first need to know where things stand in your organization. Take the quiz in Table 2 to get a snapshot of what introvert-friendly practices your organization has in place. Check your responses against Table 3 to guide you to better understand where your workplace is in supporting introverts and where the opportunities for improvement may lie.
Though you may not know what is happening throughout your entire company, base your answers on your current vantage point. What have you observed? What have you seen as challenges for introverts in meetings, the workspace, and other scenarios?
As you read through the chapters in this book, seek out ideas to address the areas where there are opportunities to change. Also consider using the quiz as a discussion starter with your team and your leaders. Change starts with one person, and there is no reason that person can’t be you.
TABLE 2 Introvert-Friendly Workplace Quiz
Questions are scaled from 4 to 0 (Strongly Agree to Very Strongly Disagree). The results will fall into four potential categories (see Table 3). 4 = Strongly Agree | 3 = Agree | 2 = Disagree | 1 = Strongly Disagree | 0 = Very Strongly Disagree | ||||||
1. | When hiring, we prioritize role and personality alignment over commonly sought-after personality characteristics like being outgoing and social. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
2. | We have an inclusive interview process that offers introverts the time and space to reveal their best selves. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
3. | Our leaders acknowledge and respect the introverts on their teams. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
4. | Introverted leaders share their experiences and encourage others to find their own quiet strengths. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
5. | We give introverts time to prepare. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
6. | We discuss what introversion is and how to bring out the best in introverts. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
7. | We have guidelines about when and how we communicate in and out of the office. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
8. | We have employee forums that allow introverts to feel included and heard. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
9. | We are open to using different communication methods to accommodate different employee preferences. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
10. | We have spaces for natural mingling in our workplace. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
11. | We have quiet spaces for privacy and focused work. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
12. | We have a welcoming sensory environment with natural lighting and noise management. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
13. | We have clear guidelines in place about how to keep our remote employees connected to what’s going on in the workplace. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
14. | We balance remote work with in-person and video conferencing. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
15. | We take acti... | |||||
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Harnessing Introvert Power in Your Organization
- 1 The Introvert-Friendly Workplace Quiz
- 2 Bringing On Great Introvert Talent
- 3 Leading Introverts
- 4 Communicating with Introverts
- 5 Designing Workplace Settings
- 6 Creating Remote Work That Works
- 7 Building Teams
- 8 Enhancing Learning and Development
- Conclusion: Creating Introvert-Friendly Workplaces, One Change Agent at a Time
- Appendix: Introvert-Friendly Organization Survey
- A Guide to Conducting Book Discussions
- Creating Introvert-Friendly Practices
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Working with the Author
- About Jennifer