Betsy GuerraBilingual Keynote Speaker, Psychotherapist/Coach, Author, Leadership Training and Life Coach Certification

Authenticity is often described as the most valuable currency in leadership. #shorts

2 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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A leader describes the internal conflict of preaching authenticity while hiding their faith at work. They call it mental warfare: believing God doesn't belong in business, then realizing that contradiction undermines the very authenticity they claim to value.

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Being a person of faith suggests that you have certain values and integrity if you live it, that you. That, that. That is universal. So I believe that the same is going to be true for you.
You know what's crazy is I believe authenticity and transparency, that's the most valuable currency. And yet. And I preach that. But then again, here comes this incongruency. If I preach that, why was I holding back? Because I felt that business wasn't a place to introduce God. And the way I think about it now, it doesn't make any sense. Right. But that's what was going on. That was the mental warfare I had. And I don't think I was intentionally trying to hold back. I just wasn't, like, surrendering and letting it go.