While the idea of bringing your “whole self” to work is often glorified, it’s a misguided concept for senior leaders. The higher you climb in an organization, the more your personal whims, biases, and blind spots can reverberate across the entire organization, and the more essential it becomes to maintain a clear boundary between what your role demands and who you are deep down. Psychological research suggests that the most effective leaders are anything but unfiltered. To retain the critical boundaries between their personal and professional identity, senior leaders should: 1) Curate instead of concealing; 2) regulate before relating; 3) model values instead of performing them; 4) protect their personal live; and 5) choose empathy over ego. Click here to read the full text article