[C19fan]

"Just be yourself" means dysfunction for any organization. Follow the example of Wemmick from Dickens' "Great Expectations" where you take on the personality to get the job done at work, then show your eccentric outside the office. There is a social media trend of women calling themselves office sluts by wearing improper clothing to work but what is wrong with that if the woman is "just being herself".

[equaviator]

"women calling themselves office sluts by wearing improper clothing to work"

They're inauthentic if all they're doing is making themselves look slutty, but even then it would be somewhat disruptive to have slutty-looking women walking around in the workplace, especially if they're beautiful slutty-looking women.

[JayGalt]

This is bizzare advice. The author is confused by the meaning of “be yourself”.
“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man”
Being true to yourself means not affronting your conscience. Be true to your sense of honor and morality.
It does not mean you need to trumpet your every thought or whim. Being yourself does not ean you cannot honor your commitments, indeed it means you must. By accepting employment you agree to prioritize the business’s goals and work to best achieve them. In most cases this involves working harmoniously with others. Your priorities are to honor that commitment not to assert your personal ideas or opinions. If keeping your commitment to the business is not compatible with being true to your moral code you must resign.

[spincaster]

I disagree with you professor. I have actually worked in the real world for 50 years ,spending 38 of it as a manager , and i have found that being honest and real, means more than any of your bullshit babble!

[NurdlyPeon]

“Always be yourself, unless you can be....Batman!”

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[Larry Lucido]

I have to be myself. Everybody else is taken.

[Frank Drebin]

"It’s a saying they have, that a man has three hearts..."

[Vaduz]

Don’t Be Yourself: Don’t be opionated or judgemental like
everyone else is keep it hid like they do.

AKA boot licker blending

[Albion Wilde]

This article is a sad illustration of the corrosive narcissism of young snowflakes after decades of coddling. The author is tactfully trying to motivate commonsense workplace behaviors like teamwork, cooperation and responsiveness to others (certainly including customers) that are viewed as “disinguenous” and “inauthentic” to a generation of self-centered, entitled crybabies.