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Self Perception
Challenges
Many introverted leaders only became explicitly aware of their
introversion through taking personality tests such as Myers Briggs -
and sometimes only on the second or subsequent attempt at that. Even
then, they did not necessarily use the information to develop a better
understanding of their introversion. As a consequence, some
introverted leaders did not develop a significant degree of selfawareness
of their introversion until relatively late in their careers.
- early in their careers, some introverted leaders think that they should
behave more like the extroverts around them who appear to be
demonstrating more ‘valued’ behaviours: this can create a sense of
failure that they are ‘not as good as’ the extroverts
- introverted leaders’ own self-confidence can be affected by extroverts
who seem to be a lot more confident
- adopting extroverted behaviours is a route that you can choose and
may be useful at times, but it comes with a high energy cost and may
not bring out your best skills
- trying to be extrovert sometimes and behaving more naturally at other
times can be confusing for colleagues who may perceive this to be
inconsistent and/or inauthentic.
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