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I feel like this issue is not introversion. I am an extreme introvert. Socializing is extremely tiring for me. I used to be extremely anti-social and had social
by whamlastxmas 10y ago
I feel like this issue is not introversion. I am an extreme introvert. Socializing is extremely tiring for me. I used to be extremely anti-social and had social phobias. I was bad at socializing and frankly still not great at it.
The issue could be boiled down to a lack of self confidence. There are lots of other things that were part of it, but mostly explained by self confidence.
I worked (and am still working) through this and I am tremendously better than I was. My coworkers argued that I wasn't introverted when I described myself as such once.
I say all this to make the point: the real issue is that some people are poor leaders and have poor social awareness. Leadership is less natural for introverts but the nature of leadership isn't any different for them because of that introversion.
Introverts need to be able to take charge of their own lives and their own success as a leader. Employers shouldn't need to provide quiet spaces for them. They should make their own quiet space. If you're unable to do that at your job for whatever reason (it's as simple as sitting in your car for a 15 minute break) then you need to move to a different environment if you have the expectation of being a successful leader.
- noobiemcfoob 10y agoI can appreciate a lot of what you're saying. Self-advocacy (aka being assertive, etc) is hands down the best way to get anything out of life. However, a lot of what people are talking about here is not just the absence of provided quiet places or any other thing. It's the active resistance to building a workspace that can facilitate a variety of workers, instead of the assumed extrovert everyone wants you to be.