Introverted Consultants

I live in a big city and am enjoying the quiet, much emptier streets. I can actually hear birds, trees rustling in the wind... it's just a glorious time for introverts!!!!! 🙎🏼‍♀️

What do you think we need to do to educate our non introverted colleagues about the differences in our working style/preference?

My office will start doing split shifts tomorrow and people in my team are sad. Me: yay to staying at home, working, knitting, gaming and napping!

A few extravert friends texted me over the weekend, panicking about WFH mandates and being socially isolated. I do not share their pain! Nice of them to care, though ❤️

Welcome introverts! Bowl leader here. Hope most of you are about to enjoy a week of peaceful WFH. While here, let me know what you hope to get from this group & what you want to see more of. ⬇️

I feel really bad for all these extroverts who need to keep social distance. They will go insane lol.

This is our time to shine, introverts!

Had a project interview yesterday and it was pretty mediocre. One of the managers really liked me, the other seemed a little skeptic and wanted work samples. I’ve been pretty anxious since and cont

I just met my new supervisor and he’s very gregarious and extroverted. He talked for 45 minutes about staying focused, never a problem for me. How do I help him understand I’m completely different?

Where do you go for career advice?

Any body have any tips for controlling that shaking in your voice when you get nervous? My boss wants me to start doing presentations and I know this will be an issue.

Do you find it hard to be in relationships with extroverts? I love it because they make me get out of my comfort zone, but after a while it is just exhausting and I don't think I can keep it up.

34 and noticing that all my friends are friends of convenience - ppl from work, friends of friends, or ppl I’ve met randomly. How do I cultivate more deliberate friendships based on shared interests?

Currently recharging in the toilets during networking drinks. Finding this exhausting but roll off is coming up soon and don't want to land on the bench

Did anyone else fee completely useless in their first few months as a consultant after moving from industry? Feels like I’m learning a lot, but working with client stakeholders has been rough.

So my MD and Sr. both really think it would be a good idea for me to join a board and start volunteering for stuff like reading to lids, but I have a lot of social anxiety with this stuff - advice??

Avoiding team dinners and happy hours because of social anxiety but feeling guilty for missing out on an opportunity to network. Anyone else struggling with this?

Anyone else feel distracted and not able to concentrate because of the "open office" concept (i.e. no seperators between any desks at office)?

Wondering what other high paying (6 figure) jobs might be out there that have the same level of intellectual stimulation as consulting without all of the schmoozing and social obligations. Any ideas?

What do you do to be aware what peers and others outside your circle are up to?

How do you all handle the schmoozing with the client and also your firm leadership? I find it mentally exhausting at times and just want to go back to my hotel.

How do people handle large conferences & the ask to network when it makes you very uncomfortable & exhausts you far faster than your peers. What’s a conference you’ve attended that’s been good… more

My ex husband was an extrovert and alcoholic. He went out with drinking buddies or anyone who would join him several times a week. We grew apart. Why is love so blind? It should have been obvious...

Went on a group trip for my friends birthday. My introversion and social anxiety came out big time and I felt like crap throughout the weekend. These are the moment when I wish if I were an extrovert.

Hell yess to being a grown adult and saying thank you next to things that spark no joy in my life (Super Bowl parties)

I wish I was an extrovert.

Looking for some female friends in the DMV 😔

How do you make small talk with people you don’t really have much in common with? Working with a few people in the team and feel like there’s a wall between us I can’t break 😞

Anyone else frustrated with how people conflate introversion with social anxiety? I’m introverted but not socially anxious. And I know plenty of socially anxious extroverts.

Any advice on how to connect with people when you don’t partake in drinking culture? I feel pretty uncomfortable around heavy drinking and it seems like all any of my colleagues want to do :/

How to be seen as a leader / desirable manager to work with given strong introvert. Seems like those who draw energy from others vs alone time are the ones seen as top performers and leaders...

Are there any open positions for associates? I am a recent grad and have 1 year of ERP consulting experience (based in FL, but work remote). I am open to any role and would love suggestions. Thanks!

Any tips for how to make internal networking feel more natural? I know face time without a specific client need is important, but I can't find a way to make it feel authentic.

As an introverted single, how do you approach the dating scene?

Today I realized that this bowl posts significantly less often than the majority of other bowls I subscribe to. ❤️ you all.

Signed,
A slightly extroverted introvert 😅🤓

Happy holidays, my fellow introverts, loners, misanthropes, holiday-haters, and all other categories averse to extended time with family and crowds!!!! 🤓🍾🎉

As an introvert , what do you do during New Year’s Eve? In my case, I either spend it with my family or just treat it like any other holiday night.