Hollywood has been having a field day bringing us the incredible stories of startups turned juggernauts with shows on Uber, WeWork and Theranos entertaining us from afar. Oftentimes, these rise and demise stories are centered around larger-than-life egotistical leaders who are depicted as overly ambitious, very vocal and fueled by achieving company growth — whatever the cost.
We have peddled this idea that leaders need to be extroverted, outgoing “people persons.” We see this image over and over again of these exuberant, out-there leadership figures, and it leaves you feeling like it’s simply not a role fit for introverts. But that couldn’t be more wrong.
