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The power of being yourself at work | Deepa Purushothaman Part 2

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How to Cover Your Identity at Work

In 1963, sociologist Irving Goffman noted how individuals with known stigmatized identities made a great effort to keep the stigma from looming large. Deloitte conducted a survey of over 3,000 individuals and found that 61% said they covered some part of their identity at work. Is there an aspect of yourself that you minimize at work but that truly matters to you? What would it take for you to bring that part of yourself to work?

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