Introverts: How finding an unlikely partner can transform your work life
We know that introverts prefer to work alone or in small groups. These quiet, inwardly-focused types usually do their best work with concentrated focus, away from ruckus of brainstorming sessions and team mash-ups where extroverts thrive.
But research shows the average workplace favors extroverts over introverts, leaving many of the latter at a disadvantage. It’s not just open floor plans designed to push social interaction or large team work processes that rub. It’s also that extroverts are more regularly rewarded and promoted for their efforts because they are simply more visible. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
...The best organizational leaders are pros at knowing their type and wedding themselves with the opposite. Karl Moore, a professor at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ who studies the way the introverts and extroverts interact at work, notes that the most successful CEOs deliberately choose C-suite executives with opposite personality types because it provides a balance of energy and thoughtfulness.Â
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