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methods—the teams led by extroverts
outperformed those led by the introverts
by 22 percent.
Why did these leaders’ effectiveness
turn on whether their employees were
passive or proactive? Grant says it
makes sense that introverts are
uniquely good at leading initiativetakers.
Because of their inclination to
listen to others and lack of interest in
dominating social situations, introverts
are more likely to hear and implement
suggestions. Having benefited from the
talents of their followers, they are then
likely to motivate them to be even
more proactive. Introverted leaders create
a virtuous circle of proactivity, in
other words. In the T-shirt-folding
study, the team members reported perceiving
the introverted leaders as more
open and receptive to their ideas,
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