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凭什么说性格内向的人不能当领导？ Why Introverts Can’t Be Leaders Are extraverts really better leaders? Can an introvert be a good leader? 性格外向的人真的是更好的领导者吗？一个性格内向的人可以成为一个好的领 导者吗？ hope you realize the title is a rhetorical question. 希望你能认识到这个标题是一个反问句。 Research has shown a consistent positive relationship between extraversion and leadership. In groups of strangers, such as a jury, extraversion predicts who will be selected foreperson of the jury (it’s actually likely to be the person who talks the most, and that person is probably an extravert). So, extraverts are more likely to be chosen for leadership positions (what we call leader ‘emergence’). 研究表明外向性和领导能力之间是一种一致的，积极的关系。在陌生的团体中， 例如一个陪审团，外向性预测谁将会被选为陪审团的团长（事实上可能是说话最 多的那个人，而这个人可能是个效果外向的人）。所以，性格外向的人更可能被 选上领导者职位（我们称之为“领袖” 的崛起）。 There is also a positive relationship (although a weaker one) between extraversion and leader effectiveness, particularly rated effectiveness of leaders. So it appears that extraverts have an edge, but does this mean that introverts can’t be good leaders? Of course not! 在外向性和领导效率（尤其是对领导效力的评估）之间还有一个积极的关系（尽 管较为微弱）。如此看来，性格外向的人有优势，但是否意味着性格内向的人就 不能成为好的领导者？当然不！ Many successful leaders are introverted, for example Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, and in business, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. One of the best company presidents that I’ve known was easily the most introverted person among his executive team, but he was very successful and his colleagues admired his “quiet reserve and confidence.” So what is the critical factor that both extraverts and introverts need to emerge as a leader and to be effective? 许多成功的领导者性格内向，例如 Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi 和商业领域的Bill Gates and Warren Buffett 。我所知道的一个最好的公司总裁在他的经营团队中无 疑是最内向的那个人，但是他很成功，并且他的同事很钦佩他“无声地储备和自 信” 。因此，性格外向的人和内向的人作为一个领导者需要表现的有效的关键因 素是什么？ Our research has suggested that the key element is good interpersonal, or social, skills. In one study, we looked at the relationship of extraversion to leadership emergence and effectiveness and found that