Authentic leaders thrive when their personal values align with their organization's culture. True inclusive leadership means seeking input from all team members while retaining final decision authority, not running a democracy.
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Yes. And, and so, um, I guess before we wrap up, how do you— you know, what advice do you have in terms of just being an authentic leader and just, um, bringing that to work? You know, people find themselves in very different situations in terms of existing cultures and that exist in companies. How do you bring your authentic self to work and make make an impact from being who you are and being your unique self. No, I think you've answered that question because again, I find from 10,000 interviews that I've done, I do that for a living, is that people who are living by their values in an environment where they have a better alignment to those values, meaning if transparency is value, but you're working in an environment where everything is always hush-hush and there's no visibility, you're not going to be happy in that environment for too long. So I think, you know, I think you've got to choose environments where people— you get a sense of this is going to be a good match to my values, and then you can thrive in that environment, whether it's an individual contributor capacity or a leadership capacity, it doesn't matter. So yes, I think you've, you know, it's that value alignment that allows people to go beyond just being successful to actually finding significance. You know, they're bringing their authentic selves.
And being inclusive. I mean, I know it's a word we use so much today, but inclusiveness means asking everybody, you know, including everybody. It doesn't mean you've got to do what they say. I mean, at the end of the day, this is not a, you know, my leadership, I'm not a democracy. I might ask for your opinion, doesn't mean that I'm going to do what you want. You know what I mean? And but I think being clear about that kind of thing is also very important that, like, I'm seeking everybody's input, but in the end, I will decide.
