Should Hillary Clinton be worried?
We all tend to embellish the truth, here and there. Some distort the facts. Others straight up lie.
Clinton, a newly declared 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, will face more withering attacks over her version of the truth about her private email server and other past scandals. How she responds may be the difference between winning and losing.
We're all not political candidates, but how you fess up can be pivotal to your career.
So the question is: When is it OK to lie?
Clancy Martin, an author and professor, has said "relationships last only if we don't always say exactly what we are thinking."
We go easy with the truth for altruistic reasons in order to make colleagues feel good, to be polite or to be a team player. Or maybe to just keep the peace.
But outright lies — especially at the highest levels — can be disastrous.
When then-President Richard Nixon said, "I am not a crook," it didn't save him. It wasn't water under the bridge, and history has not been kind to him.
When then-President Bill Clinton said he "did not have sex with that woman" — White House intern Monica Lewinsky — it didn't save him either.
Interestingly Nixon was driven out of office and Bill Clinton hung around and is now one of the highest-paid speakers in the nation. A jaded public, it appears, has come to expect politicians to disappoint.
But if your business is based on credibility and professionalism, embellishing the truth — as Brian Williams did — is a career-killing gamble.
Your reputation is all you have in business. Stretching the truth is part of human nature and maybe some will understand and forgive.
But why risk it?
Brian Williams is asking for a lot, and I'm not sure viewers can move on from his tall tales.
But will voters forgive Hillary Clinton? That question is going to be the story of this election cycle. If she can tell her story with conviction and own up to any stumbles, she'll be the first female U.S. president. That's a tall order.
For the rest of us, your reputation is all you have. Guard it, defend it, preserve it, honor it and others will, too.
Judith Bowman is president and founder of Protocol Consultants International and author of "Don't Take the Last Donut: New rules of Business Etiquette" and "How to Stand Apart @ Work … Transforming 'Fine' to Fabulous!" Email her at Judith@protocolconsultants.com.
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