How do Erin Hatzikostas and Nicole Licata Grant define authenticity? Well, they certainly each have their own point of view. They come to some rough definitions...including moral compi or compassesses.  Nicole discusses her role working in warzones and dangerous locations, and how compassion and integrity play an important role in her authenticity. Where did she most test her authenticity? When negotiating her way out of being detained abroad (in transit, no arrests!) Erin talks humility at work and the facade of the corporate smile, and she's clearly passionate about the inauthentic corporate communications that leave employees underwhelmed.   Disclaimer: This show is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may not be suitable for younger audiences. Links: Check out the b BRILLIANT career coaching program @   Tweetable Comments: "When I think of authenticity I think of compassion because that is how you interact with the world at it's most basic, critical level." "And at the end, when they were putting all my bobby pins back in my suitcase and putting the guns away, they said, "we've talked to a lot of people like you...but nobody actually told us what you were doing." "For a long time, my definition of doing good in the world was trying to help everybody, but I had to step back from that and say "I have a certain set of tools, and I can help a certain set of people at a certain time with a certain thing." "Operate in front of the curtain, if you have to act behind the curtain then something is wrong." "The bcc is bullshit." be transparent, because if you can't be transparent, if you can't be honest, especially with yourself, you've got work to do." "For me, authenticity is humility, and maybe that's because of the context of working in a corporate world, but people weren't authentic." "99 out of 100 people do not read those communications written by somebody else, and the one person that does regrets it." "There's just so much that happens in the corporate world that is an exercise in futility, to check a box and to look good for the people that don't matter." "At the end of the day, it's remaining true to that inner voice. Would I do that at a dinner party? Then I'll be like it at work too." "My phone was congratulating me for having the most activity I've ever had before 10am: I walked a whole quarter of a mile. I think that's because I walked up your driveway from my car."