Connector of Talent and Success 💼 | Empowering Businesses to Thrive through People | Culture Growth Strategist | Coach | Writer | HR leader | #1 LinkedIn Belgium | Top #150 LinkedIn 🌍

Who I help: Ambitious introverts and people-first companies

Problems: Visibility without burnout, quiet leadership, culture that enables deep work

Outcomes: Promotions, role transitions, retention, high-trust cultures

STRATEGIC HR LEADER AND COACH WITH HANDS-ON APPROACH AIMING FOR THE BEST EMPLOYEE/BUSINESS EXPERIENCE - INTROVERT ADVOCATE

International HR Executive passionate about the link between employee experience and business dynamics. Combining a strong focus on strategic thinking and planning with a structured and factual hands-on approach. A positive well connected team coach with a natural sense of empowering team members in a spirit of challenge, learning and mutual recognition. Sound decision making capabilities based on critical reflections within companies focusing on innovation, change, digital transformation and learning.

A. Group HR Director Alter Pharma (200 FTE - BE/IRL/US) – private equity backed firm defining & implementing HR strategy (from strategy to operations) including definition of mission/vision/strategy & values.
B. Global HR Business Partner BU Kerley international/Tessenderlo Group (+/-300 employees - 11 countries) developing/transforming key HR processes (talent resource planning, talent acquisition, performance management, competency management, learning, reward,..) - HR project lead new factory Rouen, France. 
C. Global HR Executive SWIFT (+/- 3.000 employees in +25 countries) transforming/coaching business and HR into new ways of (digital) working/thinking to improve the employee and business experience 
D. Global Head of Reward Tessenderlo Group (+/- 5.000 employees in +25 countries) - strategic development/transformation reward strategy
E. Development new holistic performance management framework for Tessenderlo Group, including full implementation recognition stream.
F. HR Project Manager : move of the Chiquita EME Headquarters from Belgium to Switzerland (social plan negotiations, c&b setup, recruitment, mobility, new policy/process design,...)

Professional coaching certification Better Minds at Work               2018 - 2019
Centre for Creative Leadership - senior leadership program           Q1-2 2018
Management Development Programme Vlerick (17 days)		  2010 - 2011
Strategic Compensation & Benefits Management, Vlerick 		  2007      
Master degree in Law&Taxation, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven    1997 - 1998

Steven Claes

Her team thinks she doesn't care.
She's one of the most passionate leaders I know.
She just happens to be an introvert.

Harvard Business School found introverted leaders receive higher team performance ratings.
Another study showed they drive 28% higher productivity from proactive employees.

And yet we still get overlooked for promotions.
Still get told to "speak up more."
Still get judged by volume instead of value.

What companies miss when they overlook introverts:
→ We spot patterns others miss because we process deeply
→ We build trust through listening, not talking
→ We create safety by holding space, not taking it

The future of work doesn't need louder leaders.
It needs ones who think before they speak.
Who listen before they solve.
Who create space for everyone, not just the loudest voice.

Quiet leadership isn’t a flaw.
It’s your edge.

♻️ Repost if you know a quiet leader who needs to hear this

📩 If you're an introvert trying to lead your way, you’ll find more here:
→ https://lnkd.in/eSdKpkMs

Introversion isn't a bug. It's an operating system. I spent years apologizing for who I am.

Too quiet. Too reserved. Too much "in my head."

I tried to fix myself.
Fake energy. Forced small talk. Endless networking events that drained me by Tuesday.

Then something shifted.

I stopped treating introversion as a bug to fix.
And started seeing it as my operating system.

My quiet? It's deep listening.
My reserved? It's strategic thinking.
My "in my head"? It's where the best ideas live.

20+ years as a CHRO taught me this:
The leaders who know how they're wired outperform those who fight it.

Every time.

So I wrote this on my whiteboard.
As a reminder.
As a declaration.

I'm done apologizing.

And if you've ever felt like you needed to become someone else to succeed, I see you.

♻️ Repost for the introvert in your network who needs to hear this.

📩 These are the daily techniques that helped me stop fighting my wiring:
https://lnkd.in/eSdKpkMs

𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗫𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁
We are a boutique leadership and high-performance consulting firm driving change and developing the next-generation of leaders through executive coaching and 90-minute leadership sprints.

We provide a results-focused approach in an AI-powered world. 

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁: joe@josephbmurphy.com or visit www.crossXcurrent.com


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→ 90-minute leadership sprints on critical topics aligned with your strategy and culture 
→ Focus on practical leadership behaviors and skills that drive performance
→ Executive coaching

𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗦
→ 27% to 50% improved engagement
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EXPERIENCE COUNTS
→ We are made up of former successful Fortune 500 executives
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→ Over 600 sessions and 60,000 attendees in five years


𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁: joe@josephbmurphy.com

𝗖𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗦𝗘
“Thank you for the enormous and widespread positive impact you had on our organization. I am grateful for you in many ways. Thank you again for your leadership, coaching, and all you have done for our staff.”
- 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗿, 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗠𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝘂𝘀, a 40,000-person, $5.25B Corporation

"Creating leaders at all levels is a brilliant concept that drives the entire organization to always perform at their best. Joe delivers this message as well as many other important leadership topics in his relatable and easy to understand style. Thank you, Joe, for all the training you have provided my leadership team. We are a better organization because of your teachings."
- 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼, 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿, 𝗪𝗥𝗠𝗖𝗢

“Thank you for the incredible leadership you have provided to so many. Your dedication to, and care for the line level workers has been a beautiful thing to watch.”
- 𝗞𝗶𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗸, 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗥, 𝗠𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝘂𝘀


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