# authenticity
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17:09Communicating things you don't personally believe inLeanne Elliott: Have you ever had to communicate something that you didn't personally believe in? Andrew Blotky: Oh yeah. And you know, this happens a lot, and I love this question because a lot of times we'll think abouEP 315 · 2 Jul 2026·interview· 17:09–21:0748:49Workplace Surgery — Q2: Hiding the wires as a senior leaderAl Elliott: Excellent, excellent answer. Okay, so question number 2 is kind of simply, it touches on a lot of things you've just been saying there. So question number 2, it says, I'm a senior leader and I'm burning out, EP 302 · 19 May 2026·workplace surgery· 48:49–53:4032:56Does genuine still matter in a world of AI?Al Elliott: Can I ask a quick question? I'm gonna grab the avocado for a second and say, when we're talking about Generation Alpha, which will be growing up on the majority of AI stuff that's out there, the AI content, dEP LIVE-2026-05-01 · 1 May 2026·panel interview· 32:56–43:2543:25Authenticity and the 'AI vs. AI' loopLeanne Elliott: I think that brings us really nicely onto, onto— and they are buzzwords, bear with me, I'm sorry— but authenticity and showing vulnerability and doing it in the right way, using the right behaviors, does,EP LIVE-2026-05-01 · 1 May 2026·panel interview· 43:25–48:2948:29Trust, authenticity and aligning words with actionsPaul Spiers: Okay. I mean, I think the key to trust and authenticity is aligning your words, your values, and your actions, to Charli's point. And I I talk a lot about vinyl values in a business that you walk into an offEP LIVE-2026-05-01 · 1 May 2026·panel interview· 48:29–53:0317:48The problem with the word 'authenticity'Leanne Elliott: If this is where professionalism is heading, or maybe professionalism is being replaced maybe with more authenticity. What do you think that's gonna mean for the more traditional rules of the workplace, tEP 249 · 13 Nov 2025·interview· 17:48–21:4834:49Authentic connection vs. artificial funJohn Michel: Right now we are in the process of doing some work where we're looking at the relationship between fun and more destructive behaviors, if you will, not all destructive, but more counterproductive type behaviEP 223 · 14 Aug 2025·interview· 34:49–45:0419:55Redefining joy beyond the big smilesLeanne Elliott: I'm busy. She's right. People do say that all the time. It is our default response, and she's connecting it to this need to belong, to be loved. But Al, I'm thinking about our listeners who genuinely are EP 221 · 7 Aug 2025·interview· 19:55–23:5520:49The ethics of building alternativesLeanne Elliott: What Richard's touching on there is something psychologists call authentic self-presentation. Basically being genuine about your interests rather than playing games. And there's research from the China EuEP 211 · 3 Jul 2025·interview· 20:49–24:5419:05Emotional Regulation and AuthenticityRoit Feldenkreis: I think it happens more often than we think. I think that, you know, most people unfortunately do not have the time or did not take the time beforehand to really understand what ticks them off, you knowEP 209 · 26 Jun 2025·interview· 19:05–23:5832:41Homework: Your Next Virtual Team MeetingAl Elliott: And like anything, this all comes back to authenticity. You can't fake this stuff because your body is always going to tell the truth about what's going on inside your head Leanne Elliott: Which brings us bacEP 209 · 26 Jun 2025·interview· 32:41–33:3841:12Workplace Surgery: Do I Have to Fake It to Get Promoted?Leanne Elliott: There's a lot of episodes there Al Elliott: There's a lot. There's 200-odd episodes. Yeah, so we get a little drunker on that one. Actually, we don't get drunk at all on this one, just to be clear. Okay. EP 208 · 24 Jun 2025·workplace surgery· 41:12–47:3034:44Workplace Surgery Q1: 'Authentic self' or authentically unhinged?Al Elliott: Fabulous. Okay, it's now time for my favourite time of the week, the world-famous Weekly Workplace Surgery. This is where I put your question to Leanne, who is a chartered occupational psychologist who's an eEP 178 · 11 Mar 2025·workplace surgery· 34:44–39:4036:48Prediction 5 — Phill Agnew: Authenticity winsAl Elliott: Talking of human connection, our next prediction comes from Phil Agnew, founder and host of Nudge, the UK's biggest marketing podcast and one of our personal favourites. Phil's research on human connection miEP 157 · 26 Dec 2024·other· 36:48–41:4518:22What bringing your whole self to work really meansLeanne Elliott: Did you know that the UK's number 1 management podcast, that's Us, by the way Al Elliott: Yeah, yeah Al Elliott: It canEP 137 · 17 Oct 2024·panel interview· 18:22–25:4319:43Servicing sponsors well without being sycophanticLeanne Elliott: Welcome back. So let's say you get invited to an event where you know someone famous will be there. How will you behave? What are some tips? Jackie Stewart: If I took anybody of our major sponsors, whetheEP 133 · 3 Oct 2024·interview· 19:43–21:1840:47What Dr. Covey was really likeTodd Davis: He was one of the most authentic people I've ever met. Imperfect. Um, you know, humble, but he was, and he was quite a jokester. People are surprised about that. Um, and this story has nothing to do with anytEP 96 · 9 May 2024·interview· 40:47–43:4144:12Recommendation #3: authenticity in leadershipLeanne Elliott: Our third recommendation is authenticity. So if you listen to our WaterCool episode, you'll remember that all of our experts agreed when it comes to effective communication as a leader, Authenticity is crEP 39 · 17 May 2023·other· 44:12–46:5448:03Theme 7: Authenticity in leadersLeanne Elliott: So number 7 is authenticity in leaders. So we've talked about line managers, this is about leaders. Increasingly, the, the line between effective leadership and management behaviours is blurring, and reseEP 37 · 3 May 2023·other· 48:03–54:57
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