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When Your Natural Voice Is Deemed Unprofessional

My accent gets stronger when I am angry or emotional and my boss told me to work on speaking more professionally, but this is how my voice naturally sounds.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Workplace standards of professionalism require abandoning authentic expression, turning one's natural voice into a liability rather than an asset.

Ideas that help explain it
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