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The Good Girl Mindset I’ve always been a good girl, or rather, trying to be one. What I didn't realise for a long time was that I'd built an entire career around what's sometimes called the Good Girl mindset: performing, pleasing, proving. Unsure whether or not I really succeeded. Sometimes feeling like a fraud when I was seen as one but didn’t feel like one inside. The little girl that I was grew into a strong woman with a career. But that feeling, trying to be a good girl,

I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on the Liberated Leadership podcast hosted by Steve Cuss, also a gaming industry veteran....

Acknowledge and embrace your qualities as a quiet leader to make a meaningful impact in your career and in your life.

In today's fast-paced and highly competitive business world, the image of a successful leader is often associated with extroversion. We...

I had the pleasure of joining Kevin Britz for the Lunchtime series podcast to talk about quiet leaders and embracing sensitivity and...

Existential Wonderers often lack direction and get lost and overwhelmed in the process of trying to find answers.

A leader is a way of being. You don’t need a team to be a leader. And you can be a manager and not act as a leader.

Networking is a word that often strikes fear into the hearts of introverts. The mere thought of engaging in superficial conversations...

Introvert is a bit of a weird word that doesn’t mean what most believe it does. When I share I am an introvert, and I often get surprised reactions. And people telling me, no, you’re not an introvert. “Why do you say so?”, I ask, I often get “you’re not shy”. For many people, being introverted meant that you were shy, socially awkward or afraid to speak. Something that’s not really considered attractive or associated with success. But this isn’t what it means at all. Being in

For some of us, being a “good student” at school in our youth played an essential part in our lives. We were praised for it, were getting good grades, pleasing the teachers and our parents in the process, and it somehow became a part of our identity. Many of us carried this drive and dedication into our professional lives, striving to impress and achieve recognition. And it served us well - promotions, raises, and recognition that made us feel valued. It reinforced our identi

While the tech industry is full of introverts, it’s not as adapted as could be to our introverted ways. In order to position themselves...