Introverted employees score lower on well-being than extroverted colleagues

Employees that go quietly about performing their work and doing it well are in the spotlight today, as people observe World Introvert Day. But according to Martin Boult, psychologist and senior director of professional services and international training for The Myers-Briggs Company in Australia, organizations that reward and encourage extroversion in the workforce might be overlooking the contributions of their introverted employees. Boult said in a statement that introverts prefer such activities as reading and learning new things at work or spending time with people they are close to, both inside and outside of work. But organizations might not appreciate the activities that enhance introverted workers' performance and well-being. According to Myers-Briggs, although the world is split evenly between a preference for either extroversion or introversion, only 40% of company executives and senior managers in a global poll of 200,000 employees prefer introversion.