The Power of the Introvert in Your Office

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🗓️ 19 July 2012

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Susan Cain, author of "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking."

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0:00.0	When leadership advice feels like buzzwords and platitudes, it's time to get real.
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0:11.9	leaders through raw honest career questions
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0:18.3	wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to the HBR Ideacast from Harvard Business Review.
0:33.7	I'm Dana Rumineer.
0:35.3	Today we're talking with Susan Kane, author of Quiet,
0:38.9	The Power of Introverts in a world that can't stop talking.
0:42.4	Susan, thanks so much for speaking with us today.
0:45.0	Oh, you're welcome.
0:46.0	It's a pleasure to be here, Dana.
0:47.0	Susan, I'd love to start today's podcast with a point you make in the conclusion of your book.
0:52.0	It's essentially a call to the conclusion of your book.
0:52.6	It's essentially a call to the managers of the world
0:55.1	to recognize the fact that a third to a half of their workforce
0:58.1	is introverted, whether they appear that way or not.
1:00.8	Why is it so important for managers to make this connection?
1:04.0	You know, the first thing is, as you say, it's a third to a half of the population who are introverts, and
1:08.7	yet it really, really does not feel that way.
1:11.9	I bet if you weren't thinking about it this way and you
1:14.8	said, hmm, how many of my colleagues are introverts, you'd probably think it's a very small
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