New Team Quietly In Charge: The Introverts -- Walter Sabo

As the telephone was funded and adopted extroverts embraced the technology Extroverts enjoyed talking for hours They preferred to express themselves spontaneously passionatelyExtroverts love group think brainstorming team playing drama in the conference room public speaking and spontaneity The phone is made for themHere are the stats quoted from a CNN report According to a 2011 study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project 31 of American adults prefer text messages to phone callsNot surprisingly younger adults are especially likely to use texting According to Pew quotCell owners between the ages of 18 and 24 exchange an average of 1095 messages on a normal day more than 3200 texts per month And the typical or median cell owner in this age group sends or receives 50 messages per day or 1500 messages per monthquot CNNcomNEW BOSS The workplace divide is now talkers vs texters Talkers vs writers Group thinkers vs lone wolves The kings of the workplace today are the ones who could command a room and grab a phone That time is ending Thanks to new communications platforms such as texting people who were challenged to speak in a meeting or on stage have a new method of communicating their ideas at workMYERS BRIGGS Myers Briggs is a test used to determine personality types and quickly identifies introverts and extroverts Katie McMenamin who runs the Myers Briggs based pixiesdiditcom first explained that introverts control the future of business That is a seismic shift in the workplace Katie also suffers from being my wife Progressively the written word is the dominant form of instant communication those who prefer it to speech will excel You can find out for free whether or not you are an extrovert or introvert or in between by taking the free test at pixiesdiditcom amp8220I DONamp8217T READ MY EMAILamp8221 You may know the CEO who proudly proclaims that heshe never reads emails doesnamp8217t know how to text and is just not interested in doing things online until amp8220I can put a toll on itamp8221Those old school execs are able to thrive in the world of extroverts and talkers They do not know how to communicate with texters Texters and emailers put a premium on the written word Their emails and texts are thoughtful and properly punctuated Introverts write emails like thisamp8220Dear Joe Thank you for the invitation to lunch I would love to see you Could we please meet at noon at the Red Lobster I look forward to it Mikeamp8221An extrovert used to communicating verbally would write the email like thisamp8220Lunchamp8230 noon Red Lobsteramp8221WEB STARS AND RADIO STARS ARE INTROVERTS An interesting fact about radio stars is that they are shy as hell They thrive working alone in a room where they have absolute control of their environment They hate to meet new peopleLook at Web stars like Communitychannel Ray William Johnson or Sxephil They are working alone in a small room and enjoy an audience of billions Put them in a professional studio and most web stars freeze They would be challenged working on a film or TV set But web stars have more viewers than most TV shows or movies They are stars Introvert starsRESPECT AND BALANCE To build a powerful effective team it is necessarily to balance the workforce with introverts and extroverts The quiet person in the meeting is a team player They are in the room thinking and writing They donamp8217t jump up and down raising their hand in meetings because they donamp8217t have the wiring But they have ideas and skills What are you paying for gymnastics or profitable contributionsWalter Sabo is the Chairman of Sabo Media a company that offers executiveondemand services He has worked onsite to build out new digital content platforms such as SiriusXM His team was the first to discover the marketing clout of web stars Internet organic video producers They founded OMMA award winning HITVIEWS The company placed brands such as CBS TiVo and Mountain Dew inside UGC In FM broadcasting he is a leader in the profitable sector of FM Talk and held executive positions at NBC and ABC Radio He can be reached at waltersabomediacomRead all Walter39s MediaBizBloggers commentaries at Sabo StrategiesCheck us out on Facebook at MediaBizBloggerscomFollow our Twitter updates at MediaBizBloggerThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaBizBloggerscom management or associated bloggers MediaBizBloggers is an open thought leadership platform and readers may share their comments and opinions in response to all commentaries

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