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Podcast: Leadership Article Review Podcast
Episode: Enabling Authenticity in the Workplace: The Case for Allowing Every Employee to Bring Their Full Self to Work, by Jonathan H. Westover PhD
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Abstract: This article argues that organizations should strive to create environments where all employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work each day. Drawing from academic literature, it is demonstrated that authentic self-expression at work drives key individual and organizational outcomes such as job satisfaction, engagement, performance, retention, well-being, innovation and values alignment. However, many traditional workplace norms discourage integration of personal and professional identities. The article provides recommendations, grounded in research, for practical strategies leaders can implement to foster authenticity across their workforce and transform organizational culture. These include enacting inclusive policies, demonstrating diversity-supportive leadership, granting flexible...