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> They also explore why the strongest leaders are energetic, enthusiastic, and funny. Ick. It’s a really unfortunate bias that quiet people can’t be viewed as
by bmitc 5y ago
> They also explore why the strongest leaders are energetic, enthusiastic, and funny.
Ick. It’s a really unfortunate bias that quiet people can’t be viewed as good leaders.
- sethammons 5y agoleading is lots of communication. You have to say the same things repeatedly for them to sink in with a group. I'm not sure that it is a bias or more of a function of how people work.
- bmitc 5y agoSomeone being quiet in personality doesn't mean they're mute or incapable of communicating. Personality types is an area that has been researched, and I balk at the idea that only a small subset of personality types can be leaders. I have witnessed energetic optimistic leaders before, and they can people crazy, because they never actually address problems in concrete ways. People experience this all the time in companies: managers getting promoted up the ladder of management, leaving unsolved problems in their wake. The Enneagram personality system address things like this.