{"id":3748,"date":"2015-02-01T11:37:13","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T16:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naylor.com\/associationadviser\/?p=3748"},"modified":"2018-06-26T15:48:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T15:48:11","slug":"best-ideas-quiet-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naylor.com\/associationadviser\/best-ideas-quiet-people\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Ideas CAN Come From the Quietest People in the Room"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re an introvert\u2014or have a lot of introverts on your staff\u2014we\u2019ve got good news for you.<\/p>\n

Results of our latest unscientific reader poll show that your peers overwhelmingly agree that some of the best ideas come from the quietest people in the room. About half (50\u00a0percent) of respondents strongly agreed with that statement and the remaining 50 percent agreed with it to a certain extent.<\/p>\n

\"Best<\/a><\/p>\n

Susan Neely,<\/strong> CAE, president and CEO of the American Beverage Association<\/a> and chair of the ASAE Foundation Board<\/a>,\u00a0told us<\/a>\u00a0recently\u00a0that listening is essential for strong leadership. \u201cListening is not only key to communicating, it\u2019s critical to bringing people together and shaping good public policy.<\/p>\n

Jeff De Cagna<\/strong>, chief strategist of Principled Innovation<\/a>, told us last year that you need to have a balance of both personality types on your staff and on your board. \u201cIntroverts draw their energy from ideas and critical thinking. Extroverts generate their energy from people. The 21st century [association] leader will have a skill set that is based on collaboration, listening and nurturing, rather than command and control,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

When it comes to adapting to change, Susan Cain<\/strong>, best-selling author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can\u2019t Stop Talking<\/em>, said it\u2019s important to understand that the introverts on your team aren\u2019t \u201clesser contributors or less successful in social interaction.\u201d Instead, they process knowledge and interact with their surroundings in a quieter way. \u201cThey tend to be passionate, but somewhat shy and value periods of solitude, which allow them to be [optimally] creative,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

So raise your hand. Defend your ideas. The best ones, not the loudest, will win more and more in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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