BY JOANN S. LUBLIN
Introverted executives are stepping into the limelight – even though many dislike being the center of attention.
Larry Page, a co-founder of Google Inc., is an introvert who keeps a low public profile. He reclaimed his role as chief executive of the Internet search giant on April 4, forcing himself into the public eye.
Meanwhile, in a Harvard Business Review blog posted earlier this month, Campbell Soup Co. CEO Douglas Conant wrote that he's an introvert who sometimes feels drained appearing "in front of large groups of people I don't know."
Messrs. Page and Conant represent the latest examples of ...
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