For years I’ve advocated for bringing your whole self to work. The truth is, I haven’t always brought mine.
I’ve been professionally introduced dozens of times over the years and, save for the odd variation, it usually sounds something like this:
Ash Wright, senior leader in financial services, who has built and led large operational teams and delivered organisational change.
All true, but incomplete.
The internet has an infinite memory and once I put this out there, I can’t take it back. That’s confronting, but also strangely liberating. After years of telling the safer version of my story, bringing my whole self to the fore matters more to me now than the safety of keeping parts hidden.
So, here goes.
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wow!! Thank you, Ash, for sharing your journey. I admire your courage in putting your story into words and the impact it is already making. Your openness and vulnerability are inspiring.
I know how much courage sits behind these words, Ash. Sharing your story so openly and honestly is an incredibly powerful step and one I know will help others to trust that they, too, can share more of their own 'whole' stories.