Just be you...

You are you – different than anyone else. Don’t try to be someone or something you’re not.

 

You have a name, experience, and a reputation. That’s who and what you are.

People will like and accept you for who you are, so just be yourself.

 

Many of us hire people – we review their resume, interview them, answer the questions they ask, do background checks, and spend time training and coaching them. In those, we want them to be themselves – not anyone else, or different from what we find them to be. So, tell them that. After you hire someone, tell them you liked the person you met during the hiring and training processes. Tell them you appreciated their personality, their smile, and their outlook on things. And tell them that’s what you expect to find every day. It sounds s0 simple, you want them to just be themselves, different from anyone else, and part of the team. Sometimes people are not sure how they should act, or what they should do – but if they act like the person that was hired, the one the hiring manager liked and chose, then it should all work out. As their leader, compliment them when you catch them being themselves – that kind of reinforcement goes a long way in the workplace. So, be yourself today.

 

Tony Bennett (1926 – 2023): American jazz and traditional pop singer who won 20 Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards.