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Be an Authentic Performer
How can you put on a performance and still be authentic as a group leader?

If you've been facilitating, training, or speaking for very long, you've undoubtedly encountered the question of your "performance." By performing, I mean the quality, tone, energy and content of your presence and presentation. Those of us concerned with presenting ourselves authentically are often faced with a conundrum when asked to adjust our performance for one reason or another. Perhaps our energy is low or we're in a low mood. To this we might reply, "well if I change who I am, I won't be authentic and being authentic is very important to me."

Just the other day, I was speaking to a young 20-year old man who works in the retail industry. He was explaining the challenges of working with unpleasant customers. I suggested an approach that might get better results with customers like this. His reply was, "But I'm not going to change who I am for someone else's benefit."

This statement makes sense if we equate "who we are"... read more

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