{"id":3672,"date":"2025-10-12T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T04:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moresourcing.com\/when-authentic-leadership-backfires\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T12:00:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T04:00:05","slug":"when-authentic-leadership-backfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moresourcing.com\/fr\/when-authentic-leadership-backfires\/","title":{"rendered":"When Authentic Leadership Backfires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_text__yGFNO\" data-first-paragraph=\"true\"><em>In his new book, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.hbr.org\/product\/don-t-be-yourself-why-authenticity-is-overrated-and-what-to-do-instead\/10753\" class=\"ContentLink_anchor__Q6_U6\">Don\u2019t Be Yourself: Why Authenticity Is Overrated (and What to Do Instead) <\/a><em>(Harvard Business Review Press, 2025), Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic explores the surprising science of why being authentic holds you back. Here\u2019s an adapted excerpt.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v19.2&amp;appId=1761258887507575&amp;xfbml=false&amp;status=true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>#Authentic #Leadership #Backfires<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his new book, Don\u2019t Be Yourself: Why Authenticity Is Overrated (and What to Do Instead) (Harvard Business Review Press, 2025), Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic explores the surprising science of why being authentic holds you back. 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