Bring Your Whole Self to Work: How Vulnerability Unlocks Creativity, Connection, and Performance

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Now in paperback - speaker and consultant Mike Robbins shows you how to achieve success, abundance and satisfaction by being your true self at work. In today's work environment, the lines between our professional and personal lives are blurred more than ever before. Whatever is happening to us outside of our workplace - whether stressful, painful or joyful - follows us into work as well. We may think we have to keep these realities under wraps and act as if we 'have it all together' but as Mike Robbins explains, we can work better, lead better and be more engaged and fulfilled if - instead of trying to hide who we are - we show up fully and authentically. Mike, a sought-after motivational speaker and business consultant, has spent more than 20 years researching, writing and speaking about essential human experiences and high performance in the workplace. From what he's seen and studied over the years, Mike believes that for us to thrive professionally, we must be willing to bring our whole selves to the work that we do. Bringing our whole selves to work means acknowledging that we're all vulnerable, imperfect human beings doing the best we can. It means having the courage to take risks, speak up, have compassion, ask for help, connect with others in a genuine way and allow ourselves to be truly seen. Mike outlines five principles we can use to approach our own work in this spirit of openness and inclusivity, and to help the people we work with feel safe enough to do the same, so that the teams and organizations we're a part of can truly succeed.

Mike Robbins is the author of Focus on the Good Stuff; Be Yourself, Everyone Else Is Already Taken; and Nothing Changes Until You Do. As an expert in teamwork, leadership and emotional intelligence, Mike is a sought-after speaker whose clients include Google, Microsoft, Gap, eBay and Adobe. www.mike-robbins.com