Steven Claes - The A+ Introvert
@theaplusintrovert.bsky.social
Fuel for Ambitious Introverts | Connector of Talent and Success 💼 | Empowering Businesses to Thrive through People | Coach | Writer | HR leader | Kickstarting the Year as Top Linkedin creator 🌍 (#1 HR)
Which moment today will you actually be in?
♻️ Share if you've felt that "everywhere except here" feeling
♻️ Share if you've felt that "everywhere except here" feeling
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Which moment today will you actually be in?
♻️ Share if you've felt that "everywhere except here" feeling
♻️ Share if you've felt that "everywhere except here" feeling
Your best introvert is planning their exit.
They just haven't told you yet.
Micromanaging says three things:
"I don't trust you."
"I need control more than results."
"Your process scares me because it's not mine."
For introverts, this kills retention faster than anything else.
They just haven't told you yet.
Micromanaging says three things:
"I don't trust you."
"I need control more than results."
"Your process scares me because it's not mine."
For introverts, this kills retention faster than anything else.
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Your best introvert is planning their exit.
They just haven't told you yet.
Micromanaging says three things:
"I don't trust you."
"I need control more than results."
"Your process scares me because it's not mine."
For introverts, this kills retention faster than anything else.
They just haven't told you yet.
Micromanaging says three things:
"I don't trust you."
"I need control more than results."
"Your process scares me because it's not mine."
For introverts, this kills retention faster than anything else.
♻ Repost to help introverts: visibility isn't everything. Intention is.
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
♻ Repost to help introverts: visibility isn't everything. Intention is.
They told me to fix my introversion.
I fixed my environment instead.
We're introverts. We're not broken, just wired differently.
I spent 20 years as a CHRO watching the same pattern play out.
The loudest voices got heard while the deepest thinkers got ignored.
I fixed my environment instead.
We're introverts. We're not broken, just wired differently.
I spent 20 years as a CHRO watching the same pattern play out.
The loudest voices got heard while the deepest thinkers got ignored.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
They told me to fix my introversion.
I fixed my environment instead.
We're introverts. We're not broken, just wired differently.
I spent 20 years as a CHRO watching the same pattern play out.
The loudest voices got heard while the deepest thinkers got ignored.
I fixed my environment instead.
We're introverts. We're not broken, just wired differently.
I spent 20 years as a CHRO watching the same pattern play out.
The loudest voices got heard while the deepest thinkers got ignored.
I thought I was too quiet to lead.
Turns out, I was just introverted.
These 10 TED Talks helped me stop overthinking,
start showing up, and build a career on my terms:
Turns out, I was just introverted.
These 10 TED Talks helped me stop overthinking,
start showing up, and build a career on my terms:
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I thought I was too quiet to lead.
Turns out, I was just introverted.
These 10 TED Talks helped me stop overthinking,
start showing up, and build a career on my terms:
Turns out, I was just introverted.
These 10 TED Talks helped me stop overthinking,
start showing up, and build a career on my terms:
I used to say yes to everything.
Sleep became optional.
Energy hit zero by Tuesday.
And nobody warned me this would happen.
Quiet confidence for introverts starts when you decide your own rules.
Not when you follow everyone else's playbook.
More is not always better.
Sleep became optional.
Energy hit zero by Tuesday.
And nobody warned me this would happen.
Quiet confidence for introverts starts when you decide your own rules.
Not when you follow everyone else's playbook.
More is not always better.
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I used to say yes to everything.
Sleep became optional.
Energy hit zero by Tuesday.
And nobody warned me this would happen.
Quiet confidence for introverts starts when you decide your own rules.
Not when you follow everyone else's playbook.
More is not always better.
Sleep became optional.
Energy hit zero by Tuesday.
And nobody warned me this would happen.
Quiet confidence for introverts starts when you decide your own rules.
Not when you follow everyone else's playbook.
More is not always better.
A year ago, I helped a friend walk away from a "dream job."
She was ready to sign.
The salary was tempting.
But the signs weren't green.
No salary compensates for feeling drained by 10am.
She was ready to sign.
The salary was tempting.
But the signs weren't green.
No salary compensates for feeling drained by 10am.
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A year ago, I helped a friend walk away from a "dream job."
She was ready to sign.
The salary was tempting.
But the signs weren't green.
No salary compensates for feeling drained by 10am.
She was ready to sign.
The salary was tempting.
But the signs weren't green.
No salary compensates for feeling drained by 10am.
"You'll never make it to leadership being that quiet."
7 years as CHRO.
Still quiet.
Finally winning.
I used to apologize for being too quiet.
Until I realized: over half of professionals are just like me.
And many of us? We're thriving.
7 years as CHRO.
Still quiet.
Finally winning.
I used to apologize for being too quiet.
Until I realized: over half of professionals are just like me.
And many of us? We're thriving.
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"You'll never make it to leadership being that quiet."
7 years as CHRO.
Still quiet.
Finally winning.
I used to apologize for being too quiet.
Until I realized: over half of professionals are just like me.
And many of us? We're thriving.
7 years as CHRO.
Still quiet.
Finally winning.
I used to apologize for being too quiet.
Until I realized: over half of professionals are just like me.
And many of us? We're thriving.
Introverts who embrace authenticity see faster career growth.
Why?
Because when you stop draining your battery being someone else,
you finally have energy for what matters.
Why?
Because when you stop draining your battery being someone else,
you finally have energy for what matters.
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Introverts who embrace authenticity see faster career growth.
Why?
Because when you stop draining your battery being someone else,
you finally have energy for what matters.
Why?
Because when you stop draining your battery being someone else,
you finally have energy for what matters.
Who is aligned?
October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Who is aligned?
One tree can produce a million matchsticks.
Yet one matchstick can burn a million trees.
Same with your thoughts.
One can build your entire mindset.
Yet one negative thought can burn it all down.
Yet one matchstick can burn a million trees.
Same with your thoughts.
One can build your entire mindset.
Yet one negative thought can burn it all down.
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
One tree can produce a million matchsticks.
Yet one matchstick can burn a million trees.
Same with your thoughts.
One can build your entire mindset.
Yet one negative thought can burn it all down.
Yet one matchstick can burn a million trees.
Same with your thoughts.
One can build your entire mindset.
Yet one negative thought can burn it all down.
But they NEED strategic thinking always.
Your "slow" processing?
That's your competitive edge.
DEPTH BEATS SPEED.
Let them react quickly.
You'll think strategically.
And win consistently.
♻️ Repost if you're proud of your introvert wiring
Your "slow" processing?
That's your competitive edge.
DEPTH BEATS SPEED.
Let them react quickly.
You'll think strategically.
And win consistently.
♻️ Repost if you're proud of your introvert wiring
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
But they NEED strategic thinking always.
Your "slow" processing?
That's your competitive edge.
DEPTH BEATS SPEED.
Let them react quickly.
You'll think strategically.
And win consistently.
♻️ Repost if you're proud of your introvert wiring
Your "slow" processing?
That's your competitive edge.
DEPTH BEATS SPEED.
Let them react quickly.
You'll think strategically.
And win consistently.
♻️ Repost if you're proud of your introvert wiring
Your "inconsistent" productivity?
That's called being human.
> Embrace the gray areas
> Work with your wiring
> Stop apologizing for being complex
That's called being human.
> Embrace the gray areas
> Work with your wiring
> Stop apologizing for being complex
October 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Your "inconsistent" productivity?
That's called being human.
> Embrace the gray areas
> Work with your wiring
> Stop apologizing for being complex
That's called being human.
> Embrace the gray areas
> Work with your wiring
> Stop apologizing for being complex
Write your comeback story → You've risen before, you will again
One bad day is not a bad life.
The trajectory matters more than the moment.
One bad day is not a bad life.
The trajectory matters more than the moment.
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Write your comeback story → You've risen before, you will again
One bad day is not a bad life.
The trajectory matters more than the moment.
One bad day is not a bad life.
The trajectory matters more than the moment.
You'll be surprised how quickly they leave when they're not fighting to get in.
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
You'll be surprised how quickly they leave when they're not fighting to get in.
The strongest leaders don't just manage productivity.
They protect their people's power sources.
Your weekend mission: Let your quiet achievers recharge their way.
Monday's breakthroughs are waiting.
♻️ Repost this for every quiet achiever who's tired of defending their boundaries
They protect their people's power sources.
Your weekend mission: Let your quiet achievers recharge their way.
Monday's breakthroughs are waiting.
♻️ Repost this for every quiet achiever who's tired of defending their boundaries
October 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The strongest leaders don't just manage productivity.
They protect their people's power sources.
Your weekend mission: Let your quiet achievers recharge their way.
Monday's breakthroughs are waiting.
♻️ Repost this for every quiet achiever who's tired of defending their boundaries
They protect their people's power sources.
Your weekend mission: Let your quiet achievers recharge their way.
Monday's breakthroughs are waiting.
♻️ Repost this for every quiet achiever who's tired of defending their boundaries
The introvert's edge isn't volume.
It's systems that outlast the noise.
Build those—and success has no choice but to catch up.
♻️ Repost if you're done proving yourself and ready to build yourself
It's systems that outlast the noise.
Build those—and success has no choice but to catch up.
♻️ Repost if you're done proving yourself and ready to build yourself
October 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The introvert's edge isn't volume.
It's systems that outlast the noise.
Build those—and success has no choice but to catch up.
♻️ Repost if you're done proving yourself and ready to build yourself
It's systems that outlast the noise.
Build those—and success has no choice but to catch up.
♻️ Repost if you're done proving yourself and ready to build yourself
Time reveals what judgment conceals.
Diamonds form at 2,200 degrees.
Under 725,000 pounds of pressure.
In complete darkness.
Let them judge the coal.
You keep becoming the diamond.
♻️ Share this for all being judged too early
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Diamonds form at 2,200 degrees.
Under 725,000 pounds of pressure.
In complete darkness.
Let them judge the coal.
You keep becoming the diamond.
♻️ Share this for all being judged too early
🔔 Follow Steven Claes for more workplace truths
October 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Time reveals what judgment conceals.
Diamonds form at 2,200 degrees.
Under 725,000 pounds of pressure.
In complete darkness.
Let them judge the coal.
You keep becoming the diamond.
♻️ Share this for all being judged too early
🔔 Follow Steven Claes for more workplace truths
Diamonds form at 2,200 degrees.
Under 725,000 pounds of pressure.
In complete darkness.
Let them judge the coal.
You keep becoming the diamond.
♻️ Share this for all being judged too early
🔔 Follow Steven Claes for more workplace truths
