Happy birthday, John! And, great post today.

I can relate to much of what you describe. I typically score as an introvert on MBTI, but recently crossed the line by 5 points to the E side of the continuum for the first time in my life. I remember long ago an MBTI expert telling me that no matter how your scores shift, look for the description of the "type" you relate to the most. So I claim INFP no matter what.

Back when I related more to introversion (apparently), people were shocked to find that I was a comfortable public speaker and not "shy," like you described. Once while conducting a training class and going through everyone's results, I finally revealed my own type and one of my participants said, "I didn't know introverts could lead (a class in this case)."

Yipes. I clearly understood how careful we have to be in making false assumptions about our "opposites." You said it well here:

"As leaders, we need to consider this aspect of workplace collaboration intentionally and with a view to making sure that everyone on our teams has knowledge of their own preferences, others’ perceptions, and how to make all this work for us, rather than against us."

Thanks John for such a great birthday post!