Are You Seeing a Shifting of the Lines Between Professional and Personal?

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The best leaders are going to be emotionally authentic, says Tina Fey. We have to recognize that it's still curated. You cannot force some one to show you themselves 100 % of the time when you're on camera. It might be that were we're expected to make ourselves vulnerable and maybe cry out of concern for some one else, but not for ourselves.

Which feelings (and shoes) are work-appropriate these days? What happens now with the transparency and informality that, for many professionals working from home, became more normal and acceptable? How do return-to-office mandates compromise the authenticity of employees who prefer to stay remote?

Tina Opie, an expert on authenticity, joins us to share impressions of how notions of professional behavior and dress have changed. She also gives advice for expressing yourself as expectations of professionalism shift.

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Tina Opie is a DEI consultant, visiting scholar at Harvard Business School, and management professor at Babson College.

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