How to Be a Successful Manager as an Introvert
The Canadian Management Centre (CMC)
Delivery Method
Seminar
Target Audience
Managers who recognize their tendency to be introverted and want to strategically harness their strengths to maximum advantage.
Summary
Harness your strengths as an introvert
Description/Agenda
How successful can you be in business if you’re an introvert? Very—if you
know how to harness your strengths. In a world dominated by extroverts,
introverts can be challenged to communicate in ways that ensure they don’t
fade into the background.
This course offers you practical techniques to raise your visibility by
leveraging what you naturally do well. You’ll also discover how to manage
your energy as an introvert and how to communicate confidently even when
surrounded by extroverts. You’ll learn to position yourself as a valued
insider even if you do your best thinking outside the conference room.
What You Will Learn
- Find opportunities to raise your visibility in your organization
- Identify the self-defeating messages that hold you back
- Build your effectiveness at speaking up and getting heard
- Get recognition for your expertise
- Increase your professional network without feeling or coming off as
pushy
- Target your stakeholders more strategically
- Work more harmoniously with other personality types
Benefits
- Take actions to rein in negative self-talk
- Initiate thinking habits to support your visibility
- Learn and practice tactics for speaking compellingly to your audiences
- Create a “marketing mix” of visibility-boosting activities
- Promote an environment that engages extraverts and introverts
- Optimize your results by balancing your people time vs. solo time
Course Features
- Complimentary copy of the book Self-Promotion for
Introverts®: The Quiet Guide to Getting Ahead by Nancy
Ancowitz
- Relevant business examples that illustrate the challenge of being an
introvert in an extrovert world
- Strategically crafted discussion sessions to maximize the sharing of
knowledge amongst participants
- Interactive exercises to reinforce communication skills in a safe
environment where feedback is provided
- Well-crafted action plan template to ensure you transfer what you learn
back to your work environment
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