Megan Killian argues that workplaces reward employees for masking their authentic selves, then wonder why those same people burn out and leave. Companies mistake the suppression of who you are for professionalism, only to lose the person underneath.
But here's the problem. A lot of workplaces confuse masking with professionalism. They reward the mask, they praise the mask, they promote the mask. Then they act shocked when the person under the mask is exhausted, resentful, burned out, and gone. Do yourself a favor and go to my LinkedIn real quick. It is linkedin.com/in/MeganKillian, or you can just put me in the top and I will pop up. I'm a top performer. I have risen to the top of every company I have ever been inside.
