Because of the inherent bias, introverts are routinely passed over for promotions because of the prevailing notion that a dominant and outgoing personality are a must for good leaders
Radhika Panjwani is a former journalist from Toronto and a blogger.
There’s a current groupthink that assumes all creativity and productivity comes from “a gregarious place,” Ms. Cain says. She adds that workplaces with open-plan floor spaces with chatty workers do not work for introverts who prefer quiet spaces. To make matters worse, because of the inherent bias, introverts are routinely passed over for promotions because of the prevailing notion that a dominant and outgoing personality are a must for good leaders.
The HEXACO model is a six-dimensional model of human personality created by Canadian psychology scholars Kibeom Lee and Michael C. Ashton. The test measures facets of personality such as: Honesty – humility, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness , conscientiousness and openness to experience. The researchers’ findings came after they pored over the data from a national pizza delivery company to whom they sent out questionnaires. Leaders were asked to rate their extraversion while employees graded their pro-active behaviour, which included among other things, ideas for improving procedures, course-correcting faulty practices, speaking up with ideas and expressing opinions about work issues.
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