Genuine or Phony - What is your baseline?

Genuine or Phony - What is your baseline?

How do you know someone you work with is genuine or phony? Consider whether you are a phony or genuine. Genuine means real, trustworthy, actual, honest, direct but with diplomacy.

The behaviors that tell you that individuals are secure inside and out, is not being worried about what people think, comfortable in their own skin, not seeking attention, not needy, and they tell it like it is without concern about the backlash.
Unfortunately, some people flip/flop and are influenced by the powers that be to the point of looking phony. Actually, those people are hanging on to their jobs and are going along for the ride.

Naive people are concerned with their own insecurity, much of which is grounded in narcissism and their own egos. Genuine people have no need to be liked and do not manipulate. If they are liked or not liked  is not very important, because they are confident in themselves.

In the workplace, there are many different personalities and to get along means working on projects together and most of it is very subjective. Therefore, do we express our opinions genuinely even if others do not agree?  Genuine people can be vulnerable, but they do have a voice most of the time. The phonies of the world tend to march with those who make the decisions and often get the promotions. If you work for a company that seeks those who manipulate and do a lot of head nodding to get ahead, welcome to our world.

In every area of business, politics, medicine, sports, dysfunctional behavior appears to be the norm. Taking with little giving is what makes the news. Genuine good news gets some publicity but breaking news is what we pay attention to and that focus is not always real or actual.

If you are in a workplace that encourages production by squashing those who genuinely believe in humanity and discourages behavior that often believes that a company's growth and success is about the personnel, you may be in the wrong place.

Unfortunately, the upper echelon drives the bus and you probably have a small voice. The communication is not always transparent but your job is not affected. Therefore you continue to plod along and when changes happen, you may make the cut.

Once in a while check out your genuineness. Having charm, wit and awareness, is all worthwhile unless you use them to manipulate coworkers into believing you are real.
It reminds me of a horse race. The favorite is not always the winner. When you put all your money in what appears to be a good thing, you could lose. When coworkers discover that you are more phony than genuine, it is like getting caught in a windstorm and you will be blown away.