Do you ever feel like you’re doing everything right at work — yet still get overlooked because you’re not the loudest voice in the room?
The Powerful Introvert Podcast is where quiet professionals learn to turn their natural calm, thoughtfulness, and empathy into powerful leadership assets.
Hosted by Greg Weinger, a tech executive with over 25 years of experience who built his career by leading quietly, this show reveals how introverts can rise with confidence, earn what they deserve, and lead authentically — without pretending to be someone they’re not.
In each episode, you’ll discover how to:
- Communicate with clarity and confidence without forcing extroversion.
- Earn recognition and income that reflect your true value.
- Lead teams, meetings, and change with quiet authority and calm influence.
If you’ve ever felt undervalued or discouraged from rising in leadership, this show will help you start valuing your quiet strengths so you can get promoted and earn what you deserve.
🎧 Start with one of our most popular episodes:
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What if the real cause of toxic workplaces isn’t bad culture—but bad leadership?
Leadership coach and DEI strategist Desiree Goldey believes most companies are skipping the most critical step: teaching people how to lead.
As founder of Do Better Consulting and a senior advisor at ZRG Partners, Desiree helps organizations go beyond checkbox DEI to build inclusive cultures—starting with self-aware leaders. From the C-suite to middle management, she teaches practical emotional intelligence, real self-care, and intentional leadership for a new era.
In this episode, she shares how to develop your leadership style, avoid burnout, and mentor others without losing yourself. We explore how Gen Z is reshaping expectations, how introverts can become empathetic leaders, and why self-reflection—not status—is the real foundation of success.
Whether you’re a seasoned executive or a rising leader, this conversation will challenge how you think about power, impact, and what kind of leader you want to be.
🔑 Key Lessons:
- Culture doesn’t transform from the top down—it grows from how each leader shows up.
- Emotional intelligence is the most overlooked leadership skill in the workplace.
- Self-awareness is a daily practice, not a trait. It starts with asking better questions.
- Introverts and empathetic leaders are often the most inclusive—and most overlooked.
- “Why do you want to lead?” is the most important question a leader can ask themselves.
- Gen Z and Millennials are leading with values. Leaders need to keep up—or step aside.
🧭 Episode Topics:
(00:00) Supporting quiet and marginalized voices
(01:45) What makes workplaces toxic—and how leadership can fix it
(04:45) The real leadership training gap
(08:15) The emotional toll of leadership and how to reflect
(10:00) Defining an authentic leadership style
(14:00) Why self-awareness is the foundation of growth
(16:00) Mentorship as culture change
(18:15) Why many people pursue leadership for the wrong reasons
(23:30) Budgeting, feedback, and the hardest parts of leadership
(28:30) What Desiree’s bookshelf says about how she leads
(30:15) Self-care that actually works
(33:00) Where to follow and learn more from Desiree Goldey
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