AMA: Can You Be A Shy Leader?

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🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Today Darren tackles the question of how to be a leader if you are naturally shy. He shares a story of how Doug Conant found a way to stand out and develop his leadership despite his extreme introversion. Learn how anyone, despite their personality, can grow to become a great leader.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Darin Daily on Demand, your most trusted resource to help you become better
0:06.3	every day.
0:07.3	Here's your success mentor, Darin Hardy.
0:13.6	This question was submitted during one of our Ask Me Anything series.
0:16.5	The question is from Daniel Briggs.
0:18.8	Daniel wrote, there is a leadership position available at my company.
0:22.4	I want to apply for it, but I'm worried I'm not a fit because I'm naturally a shy person.
0:27.4	My question is, can you be a leader and be shy?
0:30.6	Well, Daniel, you asked the right guy.
0:33.2	You see, I'm a leader, been one professionally for 30 plus years, and based on results,
0:38.0	I have to assume a pretty good one.
0:41.3	And I am very shy.
0:42.9	I know it doesn't seem like it since I talk very openly and gregariously with you here
0:47.7	each morning, but out there in the wild, I'm quite shy.
0:52.8	Let me give you another excellent example of this.
0:55.8	Doug Cohnett is somebody I got to know and know a lot about.
0:59.7	Doug climbed up the corporate totem pole through general mills, craft foods, and then became
1:04.3	president of Nabisco.
1:06.2	Then he was president and CEO of Campbell Soup Company for 10 years.
1:10.7	He turned them around from near failure to getting them back on top after his tenure.
1:17.2	Doug admits that he is what he called, quote, unquote, an extreme introvert.
1:21.6	He is painfully shy as he describes himself.
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