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methods—the teams led by extrovertsoutperformed those led by the <strong>in</strong>trovertsby 22 percent.Why did these leaders’ effectivenessturn on whether their employees werepassive or proactive? Grant says itmakes sense that <strong>in</strong>troverts areuniquely good at lead<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>itiativetakers.Because <strong>of</strong> their <strong>in</strong>cl<strong>in</strong>ation tolisten to others and lack <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong>dom<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g social situations, <strong>in</strong>trovertsare more likely to hear and implementsuggestions. Hav<strong>in</strong>g benefited from thetalents <strong>of</strong> their followers, they are thenlikely to motivate them to be evenmore proactive. Introverted leaders createa virtuous circle <strong>of</strong> proactivity, <strong>in</strong>other words. In the T-shirt-fold<strong>in</strong>gstudy, the team members reported perceiv<strong>in</strong>gthe <strong>in</strong>troverted leaders as moreopen and receptive to their ideas,176/929

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