When Bringing Your ‘Whole Self’ to Work Is Too Much.
This article was originally published on The Wall Street Journal and is excerpted below.
How do you set boundaries on what you share with your co-workers?
Even in the most conscientious organizations, it is wise to carefully consider what to tell co-workers and what to keep private, says Morra Aarons-Mele, a former communications executive who hosts the “Anxious Achiever” podcast and wrote a book by the same name.
She applauds the candor of successful business figures like Jimmy Horowitz, NBCUniversal vice chairman of business affairs and operations, whom she recently interviewed about his experience with depression. He spoke out once he felt better and offered to help lead his company’s internal mental-health initiatives. Others at lower rungs on the corporate ladder shouldn’t feel obligated to be so open, Ms. Aarons-Mele adds.
“If you don’t have status, it’s not your job to be the spokesperson for mental illness,” she says.
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