Henna Pryor

Because we put people on pedestals

that they didn't ask for.

And so these moments of just shared humanity, what he deemed an awkward moment for us felt very equalizing.

It felt very encouraging.

It allows us to then realize, oh, we have a kid pulling at our leg.

We have a dog that's barking and it's good business.

And it actually improved his ratings measurably at the end of the year.

So I think, again, we'll revisit a word we used earlier, which is ownership.

What I don't want is fabricated awkwardness, right?

Oh, this is very difficult for me when it's not something that is actually difficult for you.

I use a term in the book of faux vulnerability, right?

So awkwardness, I view as a stepping stone to vulnerability.

And what we don't like and what we can all feel is when someone is creating a narrative unnecessarily.

But what I do want to see leaders doing more is just letting their...

Their misgivings, their flaws, their blunders have a little bit more airtime rather than keeping them behind the curtain.

So if you mispronounce someone's name and no one heard you, yeah, you can take that with you.

You can have that lay back and no one will ever know.

But let's say you're in a meeting and there's another mispronounced name.

That person feels embarrassed by it.

Maybe you can then say, you know what?