Mastering Your Distinctive Strengths as an Introverted Nurse Leader.

This article contrasts the nursing leadership styles of introverts and extraverts and examines what each brings to the nurse leader role. While introverts and extraverts bring unique strengths, it may appear to introverts that extraverts garner the preponderance of attention in meetings and committee work. Strategies for the self-identified introvert nurse leader to successfully lead in an extraversion-centric workplace are described. The article ends with the personal journey of 2 nurse leaders who embraced their introversion traits and learned ways to flourish in health care and academic settings.