Leadership and Sustainable relationships: True Colours - Showing who you really are!

In several of the Sustainable Relationship seminars I’ve delivered in recent weeks, it appears that more and more business folk consider it appropriate to hide who they really are. I am repeatedly told that it is a “great strategy to deliver a contrived person/face depending on circumstance.”

I believe this is an impossible feat, as we unwittingly reveal so much of who we are in any interaction – It takes a master of deception to achieve this goal. Added to the mix is the unshakeable reality that discovered subterfuge will of necessity break down any trust that might have existed in the relationship.

Confidently and honestly showing who we are is the basis of establishing;

• A reason for the relationship

• A good fit

• The possibility of pleasurable interaction

• Evolving trust

• Preparedness to accept relationship dynamics/change

A good relationship requires an acceptance that:

• Relationships evolve/change with the passage of time

• Generosity of spirit is the cornerstone of successful human interaction

• Mutual trust, once broken, can seldom be repaired. Give and demand loyalty!

True Colours – Phil Collins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmfqLOLCNi8&feature=related

True Colours - Cindy Lauper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPn0KFlbqX8&feature=related

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First published: 02 Feb. 2012