Two types of thinking people dominate in the workplace: Talkers and writers:

In most orgs, talkers are overrepresented among the leadership. This is not because talking offers any advantages over writing in terms of thinking power. Rather, it’s that most of our models for leadership—meetings, town halls, presentations, interviews—privilege talkers.

Another distinction suggests itself in the same context. At work there are talkers and doers. There are people who talk about work and make plans and there are people who do the work. The talkers aren’t necessarily managers, but they are the ones getting ahead more quickly.