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Secret introverts in the executive suite: You don't need to be a people-person to be a good boss
Published: 13 November 2014
No one expects the boss of a big organization to be a shrinking violet.
... 鈥淚f you鈥檙e in an executive suite, it鈥檚 a Darwinian struggle to get there,鈥� notes聽author and business professor Karl Moore. 鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of competition, so you鈥檙e quite a good leader.鈥� And being a good leader means contact with people. Lots of it. 鈥淲e expect the CEO聽to be an extrovert,鈥� Moore says. 鈥淚f they get on an elevator we expect them to say hello and not look downcast and not to avoid human contact, or we say, 鈥榃hat鈥檚 happening to the share price? There must be terrible troubles.鈥�
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