A Quiet Person's Guide to Success: Stand Out Without Shouting

Jessica Chen shares 5 key insights from Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons.

How do you get noticed at work? For assertive or extroverted people, it’s usually a matter of speaking up and generally forcing your superiors to pay attention to you. But quieter, more modest people have different tools they can use, according to Jessica Chen, author of the new book Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons. Jessica is an Emmy-winning journalist and CEO of Soulcast Media, a global business communication training agency. Here she is to share 5 of her big ideas.

The 5 Key Insights

1. Quiet culture vs loud culture.

2. Culture reframes.

3. Shaping your career brand. 

4. Advocating for yourself.

5. Speak up in meetings.

1. Quiet culture vs loud culture.

It can be difficult for us to talk about ourselves at work, including asking for what we want and sharing our amazing work. There are many reasons why it can be hard, such as who might be in the room, how confident we feel about our idea, and many other considerations.