Leadership Matters #3-The Silence of the Introverts-Coaching Introverts to Unleash their Strengts

The Silence of the Introverts: Using Coaching to Capitalize on Introvert Strengths in the Workplace -- Many view introverts in the workplace as shy and/or withdrawn... However, according to diversity coach Victoria Raphael, there is more to introverts than what meets our eyes... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have a very special guest today – Victoria Raphael - who is a diversity and interCultural coach. She is an avid Traveller... Her international background includes residence in Mexico , study in Germany and travel to more than 30 countries (so far!) Victoria decided to integrate her interest in foreign cultures with her desire to help people succeed, and became a Life Coach specializing in Diversity. She specializes in intercultural communication as well as “introversion” as a subgroup of diversity. She holds a masters degree in Training and Development and spent a few years teaching/training, sales, recruiting and instructing English as a foreign language. She is also a published poet and writes short stories. When she is not coaching or writing she might be found doing yoga, listening to big band music, inventing a new recipe, or reading about penguins. She is a sponsor of a penguin sanctuary on Magdalena Island , Chile , and her special penguin “adoptee” is named The Great Penguini. -- Download Victoria's research paper on how to better understand introverts, entitled “The Silence of the Introverts: Using Coaching to Capitalize on Introvert Strengths in the Workplace” — You can dowload the research paper at http://www.egSebastian.com/introverts