Wednesday, December 15, 2021

How to get the best out of both introverts and extroverts in a banking environment

 
Figure1: Introverts and Extroverts
(Source: IntrovertSpring.Com, 2021)

Who are Extraverts and Introverts?

Studies have defined extraverts as “outgoing, sociable, talkative, affectionate and fun loving” (McCrae and Costa, 1987; Barrick and Mount, 1991 cited in Qureshi et al., 1995, p.102), whereas, introverts as those who prefer to be alone and could be perceived as shy (Sylvester, 2014, p.263).







Figure2: The Surprising power of Introverts
(Source: CNN, 2012)

How can each of them contribute in a banking environment?

In a banking environment, there are various tasks that are inclusive of customer facing as well as non-customer facing. For customer facing tasks, it is essential to ensure that the bank assign staff who are with very good communication skills, sociable as well as with outgoing personalities. 

This is due to the fact that it is essential to provide a very good customer service and make the customer feel to bank with the organisation for a longer period of time. 

Sometimes, various customers might come up with various questions as well as complains, which the front-line staff should be able to handle with minimal intervention of a senior staff.


Figure3: Introvert vs. Extrovert
(Source:TopdogSocialmedia.Com, 2021)

A study concluded “extroverts subjects showed better mental health performance in noise than introverts and they also perform faster” (Belojevic et al., 2001, p.212). 

Therefore, assigning an extravert to face customers is the best viable option, since the skills and attitudes of an extrovert helps handle this task effortlessly. 

Not only for customer facing tasks, but also in tasks where team activities and stake holder management is involved the extravert’s personality is helpful to perform the task without difficulty. 

For non-customer facing tasks, it is essential to ensure that the bank assign staff who are introverts, since the studies of Belojevic et al., 2001, p.212 has shown that, these individuals are more prone to the effects of annoyance, poor concentration and fatigue during mental perform noise, compared to quiet conditions.

Conclusion

Based on the facts explained above, it is observed that in order to get the best level of efficiency of both the extraverts and introverts, it is essential to assign them with tasks and working environments, which are helpful for them to be at their best, rather mixing up the working environments and tasks which are not suited for their individual skills and attitudes. It is also essential that this ultimately helps the performance of the bank.

References

BELOJEVIC, G., SLEPCEVIC, V. and JAKOVLJEVIC, B. (2001). MENTAL PERFORMANCE IN NOISE: THE ROLE OF INTROVERSION. Journal of Environmental Psychology, [online] 21(2), pp.209–213. Available at: http://www.triplaboratory.com/files/Renfroe_25.pdf.

CNN, (2012) The Surprising power of Introverts. [ONLINE]. Available at: http://advertisementfeature.cnn.com/think-brilliant/the-surprising-power-of-introverts.html [Accessed 7 December 2021].

Introvertspring.com, (2021) Introverts and Extroverts. [ONLINE]. Available at: http://introvertspring.com/?cat=15 [Accessed 4 December 2021].

Qureshi, S.U., Ashfaq, J., Ul Hassan, M. and Imdadullah, M. (2015). Impact of extroversion and narcissism on in role and extra role performance: Moderating role of impression management motives. Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS), [online] 9(1), pp.96–119. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/188184 [Accessed 15 Dec. 2021].

Sylvester, O. (2014). INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL FACTORS, SELF-ESTEEM, INTROVERSION AND EXTROVERSION ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG BANKERS IN IBADAN, OSOGBO AND AKURE. [online] 
Abuja: Nigerian Psychological Association, pp.260–277. Available at: http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/bitstream/123456789/5349/1/%2822%29ui_art_okhakhume_influence_2014.pdf [Accessed 11 Dec. 2021].

TopdogSocialMedia.Com, (2012) Introvert vs. Extrovert: Who Is Better at Digital Marketing?. [ONLINE]. Available at: https://topdogsocialmedia.com/introvert-vs-extrovert-digital-marketing/ [Accessed 7 December 2021].

15 comments:

  1. As a manager, you want all of your employees to be at their best in terms of energy, efficiency, and motivation—which can be difficult when you're in charge of a mixed group of introverts and extroverts. Thank you for sharing.

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  2. Sachini, you have composed it very nicely, in every company the Front Desk / Customer Care unit play a major role in handling issue, as you have mentioned it's very important to have intro and extroverts which can make the Job easy to all departments.

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  3. Interesting article with good explanation concerning introverts and extroverts. Actually your blog is useful and it helped me to adding more knowledge. Most companies want to hire more extroverts, but most of the time introverts are more likely to make a company successful (James, 2021).

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  4. I got really good information from this content. thanks for sharing. It can be a challenge when it comes to supporting the customers when they are comprised of introverts and extroverts.

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  5. Introverts and extroverts are often viewed in terms of two extreme opposites, but the truth is that most people lie somewhere in the middle. This will be a good tactic to identify the insight of employee and get maximum out of them to increase performance of the organization.

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  6. As the boss, your goal is to have all your employees operating at their peak level of energy, efficiency, and motivation—which can be a challenge when it comes to leading a team comprised of introverts and extroverts. How do you draw out your introverts and get your extroverts to listen, What’s the best way to adapt your management style so that it works for everyone ? You have summarized how to get the best from both categories well ThankU

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  7. As a banking staff the condition has been explained very well in an understanding manner. The banking staff has much bigger responsibilities in the societt

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  8. The most important thing to do in relation to the topic is to practice activity habits that will help change attitudes towards the relevant areas. The manner in which the relevant points are described in this article is excellent thank you.

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  9. There are no any theory to decide which personal type is the best from introvert and extrovert, instead it depending on the context. The company should a plane to appropriatly deploy them to suitable position of company workplace. Thanks you

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