CHAPTER 3
Sincerity
I mean what I say, say what I mean, and act accordingly
Authentic leaders have a steady and confident presence. They do not show up as one person one day and another person the next.
—Bill George, Peter Sims, Andrew N. McLean, and Diana Mayer
Sincerity is the assessment you make about another person’s honesty and integrity. When you trust their sincerity, you are saying you believe that what they do will align with what they say. It is also an assessment that when they speak, you can trust what they say is true to the best of their knowledge. In other words, they don’t willfully misrepresent information.
Here are three examples of how clients of mine have referred to sincerity:
- “What I really appreciate about Tom is he ...
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