Solving Misrepresentation via Emotional Values
for improving Authenticity, Engagement & Discernment
Misrepresentation of an identity happens when decisions affecting its representation and perception do not come from the identity’s authentic emotional values. This can happen in following ways:
1. Presence of Misaligned Emotional Values
Functioning from emotional values that do not represent an identity affects the authenticity of outcomes adversely.
2. Absence of Aligned Emotional Values
Lacking emotional values representing an identity affects the engagement it receives from people negatively as it weakens the perception.
3. Misplacement of Emotional Values
Emotional values of one identity can get wrongly projected on another affecting its discernment. This usually happens between a decision maker and the identity their work represents.
The above forms of misrepresentations can be caused due to:
Lack of clarity about an identity’s core emotional values
Falling in competition trap
Following trends of different emotional values
Leadership influenced by lesser emotions
Disregarding intention behind an identity’s creation
Adopting dynamic emotional values that aren’t resonating with the core emotional values
To avoid misrepresentation of an identity, it is a good exercise to identify its emotional values and align decisions with them.