The idea file: Insights on management

Successful managers rely on varied skills and traits to promote productive work environments.

Research shows that introverts often are more successful managers of proactive employees, Cain says, because they let those employees run with their ideas rather than trying to put their own stamp on them. Introverts tend to be very careful and much less likely to take outsized risks...

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