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Authenticity, Identity, and Being Yourself at Work (HBR Work Smart Series)
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Authenticity, Identity, and Being Yourself at Work (HBR Work Smart Series)

by Harvard Business Review, Susan David, Talisa Lavarry, Lily Zheng, Melody Wilding
May 2024
Beginner content levelBeginner
192 pages
2h 53m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
Content preview from Authenticity, Identity, and Being Yourself at Work (HBR Work Smart Series)

1 Getting Comfortable Being Yourself at Work

by Lan Nguyen Chaplin

I’m a business professor who has visible tattoos, seven earrings, and, on any given week, purple, blue, or pink hair. I come into work later than others and leave early to pick up my kids. I take Zoom calls in a hoodie in my backyard. During the past few years, there’s been a lot of talk about what it means to be professional while presenting authentically. There’s also been a lot of encouragement around bringing our full selves to our jobs. We’re all aware of the benefits of being yourself at work: more life satisfaction, greater well-being, and higher levels of motivation, performance, and productivity.

Typically, though, being yourself while being taken seriously is ...

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