I’m an introvert. This became pretty hard to ignore as I climbed the leadership ladder and ran into its most dreaded feature: constant social interaction. As far as I could tell, the extraverts had ...

In the collective imagination, the portrait of introverts is all drawn: they are people who avoid attention and stay in the shadows. Clearly, they do not have the profile of the charismatic, exuberant ...

Think ‘effective leader’ and you probably think extrovert. But research shows introverts are just as effective. In my experience, leaders of large companies tend to be outgoing. They like to work with ...

When discussing advantages and disadvantages of well-known personality traits, such as extroversion-introversion, we need to ...

Nearly half of the global workforce is missing out on recognition, and companies may be paying the price. Myers-Briggs data shows that 56.8% of people worldwide prefer introversion. Yet, traditional ...

Whenever I rendezvous with an extroverted friend, I feel a pang of anxiety as an introvert. Will I have space to be my slow, quiet self? Will I have trouble keeping up with their chatter? Usually the ...