In today's dynamic business landscape, navigating Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity (VUCA) demands adaptability, innovation, and a heightened awareness of self and others. Embracing the Conscious Leader's perspective recognizes the potential for fresh ideas and novel solutions, fostering personal growth through self-awareness, challenging assumptions, and shaping a growth mindset.

Join speaker Faris Khalifeh to explore how adopting the conscious leader mindset empowers authentic leadership, integrates compassion, and enhances self-awareness. This approach not only yields positive outcomes but also contributes to increased engagement through effective communication, giving and receiving feedback, and an overall proactive stance in shaping the future.

In a world undergoing rapid transformations, effective leadership is crucial, providing guidance and support for individuals and organizations striving toward their objectives. Whether you aim to initiate new leadership initiatives, enhance existing approaches, or gain insights into conscious leadership, this talk offers guidance to fortify successful practices in this dynamic landscape.

My next public talk is at the Whole Human Summit. Click here to learn more.

Networking can be challenging for introverts, but it doesn't mean introverts can't ace it. Learn networking skills to help you get a job.

So excited Susan Cain is coming to Vancouver! I've partnered with CFA Society Vancouver to support this awesome and special event. Get your ticket and Quiet Leadership discount via this link https://lnkd.in/ez8GSgy Event description: https://lnkd.in/eTZEBVh

The corporate world is loud and it is fast.  It lends well to the extrovert, outspoken and assertive.  But how do you succeed if that’s not you, if you’re the introvert?  Please join us for an evening with Faris Kalifeh, the Quiet Leadership Coach.  Having worked with various entrepreneurs and business leaders, we’ll be chatting with Faris about how to navigate and lead in the loud corporate environment as an introvert and how to successfully collaborate with those quiet personalities. 

Don't miss our Wine&Learn event where we have the honor to welcome Faris Khalifeh who will talk about Quiet Leadership.

• Do you feel like your temperament somehow hinders your career path or leadership effectiveness?
• Are you overlooked for leadership roles because of your quiet nature?
• Do you feel overshadowed by your gregarious colleagues?
• Do you feel pressured to go against your authentic self to get recognized?

The mission of the Women in Tech Regatta is something I stand firmly behind. That's why I'll be speaking at their next event! Come join me and other amazing leaders of industry for a week of intimate conversations and workshops to boost your career! #VANWIT! #witregatta  http://womenintechregatta.com/vancouver/

Searching for a job can make even the most optimistic, extraverted person lose confidence on what steps to take. As an introvert, you probably want to be prepared, such as for an unexpected redundancy, a role that isn’t satisfying, or a career transition. Being prepared for an introvert is to feel empowered to create your own career destiny.

At this event you will learn how to manage recruitment calls, your career, your professional brand - all the way through to managing offers and the first 100 days of your new job. 

Join international speaker Caroline Stokes, an executive headhunter and certified executive coach to learn how you can manage your career today.

Be a leader to your own health and wellness!

Stress from work can take a toll on you and your health, therefore, the Health and Technology in partnership Spring brings you the Leadership Health & Wellness: Lunch & Learn.

Everyone who would like to be part of, or even create, an inclusive, diverse, and engaged team from an introvert's perspective. You could be an introvert contributor, an extrovert leader or somewhere in between. This event concentrates on getting the best out of introverts, as part of a team and in a work environment. What you will learn here will also help in many other social situations. Please join us for an evening of stories, learnings, and best practices from a perceived/proclaimed extrovert leader. We'll be talking about recruitment recommendations, effective meetings, successful project groups, better communication, and engaged team members.

All this, simply by understanding introverts better, introducing some simple best practices, and playing to their strengths.

As leaders we are not strangers to stress. Whether it’s managing staff, budgets, operations, or our personal lives, it can sometime be a bit much. All this may lead to us chasing the mythical work-life balance. But how? Those of us who are introverts are another puzzle – a lot of the advice given out that is aimed at extroverts and may not apply to us. So, what do we do? We find out what our unique needs are and how they relate to our optimum functioning; this is the antidote to stress. Together we’ll look at how optimum functioning, needs, and stress are related and ways to find out what our needs are so that we can function at our best and avoid succumbing to stress.

If you identify as an introvert, public speaking can seem like a daunting task, however you can become comfortable with public speaking with the right tools and mindset.

Whether you find yourself at a networking event, giving a toast at a wedding or presenting your work to clients, the principles are the same. This month's guest speaker, Janine Graham, is a public speaking coach and will share with us 3 tools to speak in public with authentic confidence.

Do you feel like your career path or leadership effectiveness is somehow hindered by your temperament? Are you overlooked for leadership roles because of your quiet nature? Do you feel overshadowed by your gregarious colleagues/competitors? Do you feel pressured to go against your authentic self to get recognized? 

Tickets: https://introvertsgreatleaders.eventbrite.ca

During this session, you will learn the importance of building personal and professional credibility and presenting your most confident and authentic self.

Tickets: https://goo.gl/gs45un

One of our strengths as introverts is our ability to be quiet, allowing us to listen, be reflective and notice things others may not. But being quiet and having a quiet mind are not the same thing. Introverts, although seemingly calm from the outside, are not immune to an active mind, stress or anxiety.

In an age of distraction and technology speeding up, now is a time where a quiet mind is needed more than ever. Through meditation, we cultivate a valuable skill for every aspect of life, the ability to quiet our mind. A still and quiet mind allows us to live and work with more inner peace, clarity and creativity, to recharge more effectively, while deepening connections with family and friends.

In this talk you will learn how many of the inherent traits of introverts are a stepping stone to something more profound. We will do various exercises, including meditate, to take this from a theoretical idea to something very tangible and practical. 

The panel discussion will be focused on answering questions around the future of the profession and how new entrants can maximize their chances of success. Discussion topics will include:

• Challenges faced by new coaches in getting clients.
• Is accreditation necessary or just a good to have?
• Why are so many millennials entering the space and how can they succeed?
• Is explosive growth fuelled by the low barrier to entry and how do we ensure the watering down of the profession?
• Does the lack of regulation in the industry create the potential of substandard and even harmful service?
• The future of coaching worldwide.

Tickets: http://bit.ly/2zMWZO7 

Do you feel like your career path or leadership effectiveness is somehow hindered by your temperament? Are you overlooked for leadership roles because of your quiet nature? Do you feel overshadowed by your gregarious colleagues? Do you feel pressured to go against your authentic self to get recognized?

You're not alone - about 50% of all leaders are introverts, yet our working environments favor the extrovert, the outspoken, bold and assertive. These traits have changed our definition of leadership and altered our assumptions about what good performance looks like. And while many studies have shown introverts are natural born leaders, many business cultures often make it impossible to thrive.

This month, we have a special guest speaker who will share his perspective on this topic. Karl Moore is a professor at McGill University and a fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford University. Dr. Moore taught at Oxford for 5 years before he came to McGill. His current research is on Introverts and Extroverts as Leaders in the Executive Suite. Based on over 300 interviews of C-Suite executives he argues that in today’s world both extroverts and introverts are needed as leaders.

Karl is currently writing a book for Stanford University Press, Introvert/Ambivert/Extrovert Leaders, In this project he is working with Susan Cain’s Quiet Leadership Institute.

After conducting a few focus groups, we noticed common and similar challenges Quiet Leaders face.

Based on the feedback we got from most of you, we created a Masterclass that addresses the key challenges you are facing such as:

☑ You struggle to find your voice in meetings, groups and networking events.

☑ Overshadowed by louder more assertive personality types.

☑ You feel pressured to act extroverted.

Please visit our Masterclass page to learn more: http://bit.ly/QLMClass

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One of the primary reasons top leaders are able to make tough decisions is because they have learned to trust their intuitive instincts. Bill Gates says, "Often you have to rely on intuition."

Some people seem to have a stronger sense of intuitive skills than others (Ni personality type), I do believe that any leader can learn to be more intuitive. It is simply a matter of learning to trust your heart when it speaks to you.

Our September guest speaker Susan Lee Woodward is a Medical Intuitive, Laughter Yoga Facilitator, Reiki Practitioner/Teacher and Meditation Facilitator. Voted one of the top 25 Intuitives in Vancouver by Crowd Wellness.

She believes that Intuition is a skill that everyone has but not everyone uses to its fullest potential. Trusting and using your intuition benefits your relationships with intimate partners, friends, business partners, and co-workers. Most importantly it improves the relationship you have with yourself!

Join us on September 20th to learn about intuition and how to access it.

Tickets: https://quietleadershipintuition.eventbrite.ca

Introverts tend to spend a lot of time in their heads, and that sometimes can back fire if we are not conscious of a healthy balance between mind and body. Staying in the head can lead to analysis paralysis. 

Sonic Therapy™ helps you to slow the inner dialogue, create headspace and reconnect to your body by dropping in and tapping into the deepest desire of your heart. It allows you to become more present and in touch with your feelings.

>> For more info: https://quietleadershipsonic.eventbrite.ca