Leading from Your Best Self: Develop Executive Poise, Presence, and Influence to Maximize Your Potential

THE ART OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND AUTHENTICITY

Being authentic can be defined as unquestionable congruent living, the moment to moment alignment of your sincere thoughts, values, emotions and actions.

—ANISA AVEN

Executives often ask me, “Rob, you were an actor and performer. Wasn’t it your job to ‘fake it’ for a living?” Their wariness is understandable. Everyone in his or her working life has encountered one fake or another—and few would care to repeat the experience or be fake themselves. Yet over the course of this book, we’ve explored how you can incorporate aspects of acting and performance into how you present yourself to others. On the surface, ...