Studies show that a majority of professionals in leadership roles display extroverted personalities. But that doesn't mean they're always better managers than their introverted counterparts.In 2010, Adam M. Grant, Francesca Gino, and David A. Hofmann conducted research that found some fallacy in the conventional wisdom, which is supported by years of academic research, that extroverts make the best leaders.

They wrote in a Harvard Business Review article that their findings suggested that extroverts and introverts were equally successful in leadership roles overall, and that introverts, in certain situations, actually make better bosses.

Bill Gates is a key example of introverted leadership. Credit:Reuters

LinkedIn user Rahul Sinha recently published a post on the social networking site in which he wrote about his own thoughts on introverted leaders.