[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]” Emotions don’t belong to work place”.
At a very senior level when you have consolidated your career, once in a while you can even tell your stakeholders to ‘find someone else’, if they can’t accept you as you. But can you afford to do that when you are trying to gain a foothold on your career?[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Employee X tells his boss that he was expecting a promotion this year. He is upset about not being promoted this year. This has dampened his morale and now he wants to re-think on his career possibilities.
Employee Y facing a similar situation chooses to keep quiet about his disappointment. Simultaneously, he starts looking for another job without his boss getting a whiff of it.
Being open about his feelings adhere’s to X’s true self. Being diplomatic and secretive is Y’s true self. When you act as per your true self, you are authentic.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1516069665453{margin: 10px !important;background-color: #0098ba !important;border-radius: 15px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Honesty is an important part of authenticity. However, there’s a distinct difference between being brutally honest and being truthful with others.In her 1994 book “The Dance of Deception,” psychologist Dr. Harriet Lerner distinguishes between these concepts. She states that honesty can sometimes represent our uncensored thoughts and feelings, while truth requires tact, timing, kindness, and empathy with the other person. We should always strive to be truthful with those around us, since others sometimes view brutal honesty as aggressive, judgmental, or even arrogant. Uncensored honesty can also jeopardize our relationships and careers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
