The external debate between extroverts and introverts
Posted by staff / August 6, 2013 businessFintroverts
“Success at work means adapting to your colleagues as you work toward a common goal. Success means adapting and growing! As I consult and train teams to do this well, I have learned to laugh at the ever present debate about and between introverts and extroverts. When or when will the debate end?”
1. You talk too much or too little
2. Quiet means agreement, thinking or disinterest
3. Extroverts are arrogant, introverts are humble
4. Teamwork thrives with extroverts; teamwork thrives with introverts“If you — introvert or extrovert — come to work thinking you need not adapt and grow, leaders will subconsciously sideline you. Resistant teams who engage in absurd debates create unnecessary risk and lose.
If you see each day as a fountain of learning and a chance to evolve, you bypass these absurd debates with the desire and action to succeed. Leaders see you as infinitely valuable, for you grow as the business changes. Agile teams win.”
Full article by Kate Nasser on 12 Most.
+Peg Fitzpatrick you use the strength of #intoverts and #extroverts to build your team. Each contribute to the overall success of a team. As a #coach , they each provide an asset to your team .
Love this +12 Most post. I'm an introvert (which somehow surprises so many people) but I'm not always 100% quiet. Depends on the situation and people involved. Maybe I'm only 80% introvert! 🙂
Each contribute to the overall success of a team. So true +Pierre Provost. Excellent point.
Take off on half empty, half full?
+Phil Maxwell Yes indeed.
Interesting!
Introvert/extrovert does not describe the same thing as optimist/pessimist. Probably the biggest problem with the debate is people not truly understanding what the terms do (and don’t) mean.
It can be hard as an introvert to connect in personal conversations at work. Especially these days when the work load keeps you very busy. So how does an introvert feel more connected to the masses.