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Leading introverts

Leading introverts

From the course: Leading and Motivating People with Different Personalities

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Leading introverts

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- Stephen Hawking once said, "Quiet people have the loudest minds", and in many ways, he was right. Let's look at what you can do to bring the best out of the introvert on your team. But before we do that, we need to talk about what it means to be an introvert. Introverts tend to gain more energy from their inner life more so than their outer life. A common myth about introverts is that they dislike social interaction. This isn't necessarily the case, it's just that introverts tend to thrive in smaller groups and in one-on-one interactions. This allows them to go deeper in the conversation and is less taxing on their energy reserves. So you need to allow them to take the time that they need to process internally. Introverts tend to process on a deeper level in silence. If you interrupt that process prematurely, you may miss out on vital information because they haven't fully processed the information. Here's an example. My chief operating officer, Catherine, is the model introvert…

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