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The Soft-Spoken Power of Introverts
- By Mark Micheli
- February 7, 2013
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To recharge after a long day at work, do you seek out social situations or peace and quiet? If you prefer your fortress of solitude, you’re most likely an introvert.
There’s at least a one in three chance you are an introvert. Meaning, that if you’re a manager, one out of three employees you manage is certainly an introvert. With introverts making up so much of the workforce, a video series based on Susan Cain’s book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking explores the soft-spoken power of introverts in a world quick to cast extroverts as socially desirable and better leaders.
Watch Part 1 and Part 2 of the “Power of Introverts” below:
Power of Introverts – Pt. 1
Power of Introverts—Pt. 2
Mark Micheli is the Special Projects Editor of Government Executive, editor of Excellence in Government Online and former Program Manager of the Government Business Council. Prior to his current roles, he worked on national security and emergency management issues with the US Treasury Department. He’s worked as a political research analyst, a correspondent for the Des Moines Register at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and is a graduate of the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs. He studied at Drake University where he has degrees in Magazine Journalism, Political Science and History.
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