Being, Leading and Teaching Introverts

04/17/14 • 11 min

NAESP Radio- The National Association of Elementary School Principals

Our culture tends to celebrate extroverts while often labeling introverts as shy, insecure or lacking the qualities of a successful student, effective teacher or good leader. Our guest aims to disabuse us of these ideas and offers compelling insights about, being, leading and teaching introverts. Follow: @susancain @NAESP @bamradionetwork Susan Cain is the co-founder of Quiet Revolution and the author of the award-winning New York Times bestseller QUIET: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can’t Stop Talking, which is being translated into over thirty-five languages. Cain’s book was the subject of a TIME Magazine cover story, and her writing has appeared in the The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal. Her TED talk was named by Bill Gates as one of his all-time favorite talks.

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