from here http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-introverts-corner/201003/the-solo-team-player ::
The take-home I’m working towards here is more of a take-to-work, since it can apply to succeeding in our jobs In our culture, we are often exhorted to be a “team player”–and that often implies face-to-face collaboration. But being a team player can mean different things for different people. If we require solitude to reach flow, and I think we do, then we are justified in asserting our need for enough space to formulate our ideas and therefore contribute most effectively to the team’s common goals.
A number of people here have commented on how much they hate team-building exercises. Perhaps our extroverted culture has a too-narrow definition of what working as a team means. What would a team-building exercise look like that takes into account the needs and strengths of both extroverts and introverts?
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