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How Can I Be My Authentic Self in the Workplace?

How Can I Be My Authentic Self in the Workplace?

On gender and race, and being who you really are

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Nilofer Merchant
Apr 26, 2020
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Q: I’ve been a token hire for most of my career. Sadly, the folks I’ve worked with haven’t seen the value-add that my onlyness brought — they were more focused on fitting me in, while I was more focused on not failing into the negative stereotypes associated with my race and gender. How do I show up and effect change w…

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