In this episode, Mike and Vicki Znavor have a great conversation about authenticity and purpose in the workplace and in life. Vicki is the author of Authenticity Reawakened: The Path To Owning Your Life’s Story and Fulfilling Your Purpose and she is a certified leadership coach.
Questions Answered:
- What is authenticity?
- Why do we struggle with authenticity?
- How often should we ask the question, “who am I?’
- What are some good practices to get to authenticity?
- How do we overcome the fear of being authentic in the workplace?
- How can authenticity help us to reduce/manage conflict?
- How do we discover purpose?
Key Takeaways:
- Authenticity is knowing who you truly are, knowing what matters most to you and having the courage to show up in the world in a way that reflects that.
- You need to fully understand your story in order to live a life of purpose.
- We struggle with authenticity because it is painful to look inward.
- Reawakening - we learn, we grow, we learn, we grow.
- There can be rewards especially in corporate America to show up in a non-authentic way.
- We get so busy with life that we forget to ask, “Who Am I?”
- Ask basic questions, write down the answers.
- Simple exercises to know who you are:
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- Know what matters most to you
- Know what you value
- Think about 5-7 pivotal moments that made you who you are
- It is important to have leaders that talk about showing up as yourself.
- The heart of building better relationships with clients is authenticity.
- It’s common to not handle conflict well in the workplace. We aren’t really taught how to handle conflict and we don’t see a lot of good role models.
- Intentional Conflict Model - 8 Steps:
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- State your Intention
- Describe what happened
- How are you impacted
- Describe your feelings
- Ask for explanation
- Describe what would make it right
- Negotiate how to move forward
- Express gratitude
- If you can name your fear, you are halfway to conquering it.
- Most of us don’t analyze our lives very thoughtfully at all until we are faced with a crisis.
- P.I.N.:
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- Problem - can you state the problem in a sentence or two?
- Information - evidence of the problem
- Need - what do you need
- Purpose is really important
- Questions when considering your purpose:
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- What do you want?
- When you are at your best, what does that look like?
- What do you believe?
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