There has never been a time more suited to the traits of a Quiet Leader.

If the diagnosis is one of complexity, ambiguity, uncertainty and rapid change, then the prescription should be one of Leading from Behind.

A Quiet Leader? Isn’t that a bit paradoxical? Isn’t a leader supposed to be gregarious and bold, leading from the front with the loudest voice in the room?

The truth is that Quiet Leaders can thrive because of, not in spite of their natural tendencies. In this article we introduce the attributes of a Quiet Leader.

If you have a quieter disposition, more outgoing behaviours may not come naturally to you.

The Tiny Habits method developed by Dr. BJ Fogg at Stanford is simple and can be implemented immediately to drive the behaviours you need to thrive.

Your personality, culture, experiences, strengths, values, environment all shape who you are.

But your identity is yours to own. A Quiet Leader who owns their strengths and designs their character and identity accordingly can be among the most powerful leaders of all.

For many Quiet Leaders, small-talk is one of our biggest nightmares.

However, with a couple of small tweaks in approach we can become conversational masters. We already have an untapped superpower at our disposal. The art of asking questions…

More than ever, the world needs Quiet Leaders to believe in themselves and step into their strengths.

If Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Abraham Lincoln, Warren Buffet, Mahatma Gandhi, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and Nelson Mandela can thrive as introverts, then so can you!