THE POWER OF BEING AUTHENTIC

​This is a great subject for Be You Consultancy & Coaching as we pride ourselves on being authentic and empowering all the individuals, we work with to be the best version of themselves at all times!
 
Why is the world talking about everyone being authentic?
Finally, the working world is getting their head round how to get the best out of each individual and that is to enable and empower them to bring themselves to work.
 
Why?
Well, think about it this way, how often have you had to ‘pretend’ to be someone else when at work? I know for me being a HR professional it was:

• Serious all the time
• Scary (though that is the 'old school' HR model)
• Process driven
• Tells people what to do

 
But who I am is:

• Someone who builds relationships with people on an informal level to enable a working partnership
• To not be scary, after all if someone is struggling with an issue - why in anyone’s mind would you want to be terrifying at that point?
• I have to admit I am process driven, but I also know that to solve problems and get the best out of situations sometimes you need to work in the ‘grey scale’.
• Well yes, sometimes I need to tell people what to do if they are going to put a business at risk, however 99% of the time I want to work with an individual to solve a problem but of course I will say if there is risk involved!

 
How can this work for your business?
It can:

• Drive engagement and accountability
• Enhance effectiveness 
• Improve retention rates (employee turnover)
• Lower absence figures 

 
What if employees can’t bring themselves to work?
It can create pressure and sometimes stress, increased absence levels but most importantly it can make us unhappy and not fulfilled.
 
Think about the amount of time and skill / focus it takes for individuals to not be themselves but to focus on the person that they think they should be. How much energy, concentration and effort must that take to be constantly checking in with themselves?
 
What if, as a business owner you can refocus that energy, concentration and effort to people doing their roles. How much more productive do you think they could be?
 
What if they bring themselves to work and that isn’t right for our business?
With everything in life there has to be a limit, you can still have:

• a dress code but it may be a bit more relaxed.
• expectations as to how people should be i.e. professional, courteous but by empowering staff to be authentic they can they bring their best selves to work.

 
How do you establish that change?
It all works on communication, as with everything in life.

Talk to your staff, explain the reasons behind the change but also start being authentic too - bring the real you to work! This will help your staff to engage with you, trust you, become more engaged with the business and wanting your business to succeed .
 
This is something that both you and your team will need to work at but it will bring change to your business and increase productivity! So why would you not want to do this?
 
Did you know that at Be You whilst we offer HR consultancy, we also can support you with HR support, leadership mentoring, identifying development needs as well as business coaching!
 
As being your authentic self is so important to us at Be You Consultancy and Coaching, we are offering a coaching or mentoring package of four sessions to people who email [email protected] and quote “I’m empowering my authentic self”.  The sessions are on offer for £240 to individuals.
 
Please note that all four sessions need to be booked and paid for in advance, by the 1 March 2023 for the discount to apply.
 
If you want to discuss other ways that, Be You Consultancy and Coaching can assist you or your team then please <contact me>.