Can You Really Be Authentic at Work?
TweetShareShare The following is adapted from Naked at Work: A Leader’s Guide to Fearless Authenticity.
What Your Colleagues Think About You As you decide how and when to show up to work as your full authentic self, others’ judgment is a core issue. Leaders must consider whether their demonstration of authenticity supports how others see their performance or distracts from it in their current environment.
A 2012 Center for Talent Innovation study that defined the components of leadership presence found that after gravitas, the next two key drivers of perceived presence were communication and appearance. Communication skills, both verbal and nonverbal, form 28 percent of our collective definition of presence, and appearance 15 percent.
In 2017, Welteroth became the youngest person ever appointed editor-in-chief and infused the publication with social consciousness. In 2012, Welteroth had been the first African American ever to hold the post of beauty and health director at a Condé Nast publication. Second, consider your role and stakeholders. If you are a senior leader in your organization, expressing your authenticity can open the door to broad acceptance of others, both like and different from you.
Finally, if you choose to move forward, think carefully about your motivation and your expression to ensure you’re putting your best foot forward, no matter its sock.
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