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Extroversion

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Another unsurprising personality trait that is commonly associated [blank] leadership is being an extrovert. Leaders tend to be outgoing and social in their personalities, which helps them take the lead and act with initiative. It also helps them with the important aspect of connecting [blank] and inspiring others through relationships. Though many leaders are extroverts, there are certainly examples of successful leaders who are not. Sometimes other strengths are sufficient to compensate for not being an extravert, or sometimes a leader who is not naturally an extravert is able to train themselves to be more outgoing [blank] behavior when needed, though this still does not generally change the leader's basic personality. Bill Gates of Microsoft and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook are two examples prominent [blank] extremely successful leaders who are introverts by personality.

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Another unsurprising personality trait that is commonly associated with leadership is being an extrovert. Leaders tend to be outgoing and social in their personalities, which helps them take the lead and act with initiative. It also helps them with the important aspect of connecting to and inspiring others through relationships. Though many leaders are extroverts, there are certainly examples of successful leaders who are not. Sometimes other strengths are sufficient to compensate for not being an extravert, or sometimes a leader who is not naturally an extravert is able to train themselves to be more outgoing in behavior when needed, though this still does not generally change the leader's basic personality. Bill Gates of Microsoft and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook are two examples prominent of extremely successful leaders who are introverts by personality.
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