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Markus von der Luehe

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“Speak up.” “Be more visible.” “You’re too quiet for this role.”  

I heard this for 15 years. Then I became CHRO, helping introverts and quiet leaders grow their careers without changing their personality.

Through SC4People, I serve as CHRO at Montea, a BEL 20 logistics real estate company (stock quoted). 

Alongside that, I write The A+ Introvert, a newsletter read by thousands of professionals every Saturday, with a 60% open rate and 5% CTR.150,000+ followers. Massive engagement. Not because I’m loud. Because I’m consistent.

Who I help:  
→ Introverts who want career growth, promotions, and visibility without burnout  
→ Quiet leaders navigating executive roles, career transitions, and personal branding  
→ People-first companies building inclusive cultures where introvert talent thrives

What I believe:  

I want introverts to grow in full respect of their introvert nature, without shrinking themselves for others and without blaming or sidelining the extroverts around them.

What you’ll find here:  

↳ Daily posts on introvert leadership, quiet confidence, and energy management  
↳ Saturday deep-dives in The A+ Introvert Newsletter  
↳ Real frameworks from 20+ years in HR leadership, executive coaching, talent strategy, and culture transformation 

"I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say."

📩 Follow me or subscribe → www.aplusintrovert.com

Your next breakthrough might be sitting silently in the corner.

Steven Claes

The quietest damage a manager can do is convince you your silence is a flaw.

I watched a friend disappear over six months.
Not loudly. That's not how it works for introverts.

She didn't storm out of meetings.
She just stopped speaking in them.

Her manager slowly made sure of that:
➟ Shot down her ideas before she could finish a sentence
➟ Praised the loudest voices and ignored her written follow-ups
➟ Told her she needed to "be more visible"

She started apologizing before every thought.
Started cc'ing people on emails for "proof."
Started believing that quiet meant incapable.

Then she switched teams.
Her new manager did something radical.

She read my friend's pre-meeting notes and said:
"These insights are brilliant. Let's build the next sprint around them."

No performance theater. No forcing her to "speak up more."

After 20 years as a CHRO, I've seen this pattern hundreds of times.

Susan Cain nailed it in Quiet: Introverts don't lack ideas. They lack environments that value how they share them.

Kim Scott's Radical Candor adds another lens. The best managers care personally and challenge directly. They don't reshape your personality. They reshape the conditions around it.

When a manager makes you shrink, you have two options:

Believe the mirror they're holding is accurate.

Recognize that a cracked mirror distorts, not you.

Your talent didn't change between those two teams.
Your depth didn't vanish.
Your worth was never the variable.

The only thing that changed was who held the mirror.

And for introverts, the right mirror doesn't demand volume.
It reflects clarity.

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What's one thing a manager did that made you feel seen for being thoughtful, not loud?

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