What does the business world REALLY need?

Strong voice, sure footed, polished, everything-answer-man, etc.  Isn't this what the picturesque business leader possesses?  None of these are bad things... unless they're not you.  Booooo.  If you have ever sat in on a sales call, training seminar, etc., the leader, inevitably, tells the audience that what you're selling isn't the product, its you.  The consumer can get the product, more or less, anywhere... what they cannot get anywhere is you.  BUT, what they do not tell you, or what they don't mean, is that you shouldn't REALLY be you.  You need to be form of yourself. You need to be a dash of you and a whole lot of what the industry wants.
But, my question is this: is this REALLY what the business world needs?  Does the business world, or the world, in general, just need a dash of you and a hefty helping of whatever someone else wants included?  What if... follow me for a second... you were actually, oh, I don't know: YOU.  I am, by no means, the poster boy for being just me.  I do like to put on different hats in different situations (as Paul, the apostle would say, "the to Jew, I became a Jew, to the Gentile I became a Gentile... all that I may win some" (I Corinthians 9).  BUT, I think it can be noted that Paul had a very diverse background and was, ultimately being true to himself (while dying to Christ).
A person I enjoy watching, reading about in current times is John Legere.


This CEO of T-Mobile is always entertaining.  He is not the "normal" CEO.  On the left is his current look, on the right is his look while being the CEO of Global Crossing.  What is great is that the look on the right is the traditional look of a business leader: polished, firm, trim, suit and tie, strong.  But, the one on the left looks, well, off.  Interestingly enough, if you ask Mr Legere what transpired the shaggy haired, t-shirt and blazer look (and VERY colorful language that only matches the brightness of his shirts), he'll tell you that this personality is who is really is.  Throughout college and his early career, he had long hair, preferred colorful, bold language, and t-shirts.  But, the cultures that he navigated strongly encouraged another look... a more traditional look... a look that was not so much him, but a shell of him.  They wanted him for his prowess and vision, but not for his person.  Finally, when coming to T-Mobile, T-Mobile needed a strong vision and plan, and couldn't really do anything other than acquiesce to him seeing as they were bleeding customers and cash.  Since taking the helm, T-Mobile has been on a tear, getting subscribers left and right, bringing in new-found revenue and is surging its way towards the #3 Carrier spot with its eyes, VERY distantly on the horizon, the #2 spot. ------ ALL this say, John Legere was allowed to be his full person and because of this, the industry of T-Mobile is looking great!
But what about your industry?  What if you're in a position of influence?  Are you being you, or are you being a dash of you with a lot of desired culture behaviors.  I do not recommend, at all, using colorful language to get your point across in NEARLY every public event (as Legere prefers to do), but I would love to see more people being themselves and not necessarily what a traditional business person looks like.  If you are a suit wearing, tightly groomed man, cool, do it, rock it out.  If you are a jeans-wearing, blazer guy with shaggy hair, awesome.  But if you're one and trying to be the other... stop.  BE YOU.  God designed us all with unique characteristics not so we could bludgeon them into something else, but to show the world just how big God truly is.

Love God and be you.