I'm not a manager, but the people I've worked with best over the years are the ones who have shared a bit of themselves at work. People who act 'professional'

I'm not a manager, but the people I've worked with best over the years are the ones who have shared a bit of themselves at work. People who act 'professional' all the time aren't trustworthy to me. It's impossible to have a frank discussion since they're always hiding behind the veneer of professionalism. They overrate their own ability to fool an audience, and it erodes everyone's ability to trust them. I'm not saying everyone needs to blurt out their feelings 100% of the time. I'm saying honesty isn't only reserved for touchy-feely millenials. If you cultivate a culture of honesty rather than dog-eat-dog deception, you'll get better feedback from your employees, you'll be able to give feedback easier, and teams will be more comfortable speaking up instead of sweeping the garbage under the table. The problem with the woman in the interview wasn't that she was being honest, it's that she was framing her honesty in an unproductive way.