Quiet Is a Superpower

Chapter 22

MIXING AND MATCHING FOR ULTIMATE TEAM COOPERATION

YOU DON’T NECESSARILY NEED every newly hired employee to take a personality test, “because introverts and extroverts are actually very easy to differentiate,” says author Susan Cain. As a manager, your biggest goal is, of course, to make greater and more masterful use of the abilities of each team member. You can create the best situation—a kind of one plus one is greater than two—by creating synergy using everyone’s innate talents. Many studies have proven that a team composed of both introverts and extroverts is highly effective. Determining how to fully combine and bring the greatest skills and results of both introverts and extroverts to the team, as well as to inspire the best ...