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Victor Manuel Monteiro Seco
Entrepreneur, Portugal
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Authentic Leadership
I can't wait for great authentic leadership to emerge in the current context in which the trust is shaken. In times of crisis people discover ways to better deal with the future.
As an authentic leader, self-consciousness is absolutely fundamental. You cannot be emotionally intelligent if you are not also self-aware.  This requires, in addition to maturity, an intense work of self-examination or individuation. The criticisms, even the toughest, are essential for the construction of self-awareness. To do so, you need to get honest feedback from followers, so the followers must also be authentic.
If we are all reliable, genuine and probable, organizations will be better. Here the values are crucial. There has to be a framework of values in which all believe and consider vital to achieve.
In parallel, we have great need of someone that listens to us, understands us and, above all, tells us the truth. Authentic leaders have to maintain high levels of motivation, especially in this era of "trigger events". Such extrinsic motivation will help to see problematic circumstances as an opportunity to change the future.
So, how can one become an authentic leader?
• Talk with your heart, conquer our followers. This implies that, after having said what you want to do, you must do it; • Communicate openly and frequently with the other, we have to dialogue. This is much more than only saying the truth. The communication is not only composed of good news. it includes that what's good, bad and indifferent;
• Make clear, from the beginning, the expectations and standards of behavior that the followers and leaders have to achieve. Be the change you want to make;
• Look for people to take up your commitments, reflecting on this without resentment. Committing with the goal, not with the plan;
• Value people and invest in them in order to create feelings of well-being and commitment within the working group;
• Take care of people without ever infantilizing, requiring them to take responsibility and developing moral and ethical bases.
In short, the authentic leader demonstrates passion for the goals, practices consistently the values and leads with the heart as well as with the head. She/he defines the long-term, meaningful relationships and has the self-discipline to achieve results. They know who they are.
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Victor Manuel Monteiro Seco
Entrepreneur, Portugal
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Qualities of Authentic Leadership (Goffee and Jones) OK! But I think leaders can't do anything without followers help. It's a question of organization balance. When you find somebody that chooses you to follow, such as Goffee and Jones said (Why Should Anyone Be Led by You? In HBR Working Knowledge, 9/25/2000), you have to be yourself. You must become your truly self and sometimes learning with your weakness and losses to understand what works and what works not. You need to really care about the people you lead. It's a question of humanity and humility.
Sometimes you have a "presence" separated mentally from your followers that allow you to drive the organization forward.
You must be distant and objective to put things ahead. People need to feel significant, part of the community and want some excitement and authenticity.
So authentic leaders, according to Goffee and Jones, share four recommendable qualities:
1. They selectively show their weaknesses. By exposing some vulnerability, they reveal their approachability and humanity.
2. They rely heavily on intuition to gauge the appropriate timing and course of their actions. Their ability to collect and interpret soft data helps them know just when and how to act.
3. They manage employees with something we call tough empathy. Inspirational leaders empathize passionately—and realistically—with people, and they care intensely about the work employees do.
4. They reveal their differences. They capitalize on what's unique about themselves.
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Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
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What are Authentic Leaders? Avolio, Luthans and Walumbwa In 2004, influential writers Avolio, Luthans, and Walumbwa define authentic leaders as "those who are deeply aware of how they think and behave and are perceived by others as being aware of their own ...
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Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
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Four Characteristics of Authentic Leaders, Authentic Followership (Shamir and Eilam) In 2005, Shamir and Eilam advanced their 4 characteristics of authentic leaders:
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Gregory Johnson
Coach, United States
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Characteristics of Authentic Leadership The HBR team is on point with a general observation by George, Sims, McLean & Mayer when they wrote that 1000's of scholars have written various definitions of leadership and it is wonderful that ther...
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Victor Manuel Monteiro Seco
Entrepreneur, Portugal
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Refined Definition of Authentic Leadership Based on the preceding contributions we can advance a more “refined definition” of authentic leadership as “a pattern of leader behavior that draws upon and promotes both positive psychological capaci...
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mohd.hanifah
HR Consultant, Malaysia
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Characteristic of Authentic Leaders: Excellent Communicator @Greg Johnson: I agree completely that authentic leaders, no matter at whatever level, must be able to communicate intelligently, clearly, confidently, gracefully and sincerely. If you fail to do so, ...
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JuanCarlos Pacheco
Ing. Electrónico, PMP, MBA, Peru
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Authentic Leaders in Brief In my modest view, the authentic leader must have:
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- a great ability to communicate the objectives and goals to the followers,
- in such way...
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Michael Horwitz
Professor, United States
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Authentic Leadership and Leader Authenticity are Different So far some great citations to the most recent work on authentic leadership have been made. Walumbwa et al. & Kernis come at this from an academic approach, whereas George seems to have more of a prac...
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Adonis
Business Consultant, France
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Difference between being Natural and being Authentic - The theoretical elements provided by Vitor and Michael means we have to consider when leadership is appreciated / judged as authentic, given that management context may change. In such an external v...
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Leodegardo M. Pruna
Professor, Philippines
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Authentic Leadership what it Is? An authentic leader is one who is not only true to others but more importantly true to himself.
In the Johari Window, the authentic leader occupies the open window.
The authentic leader performs op...
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Rebecca Roe
United States
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Authentic Leadership Requires Experimenting with Various Leadership Styles / Methods I have a conflict here. If we are to assume that leadership styles are taught, and we know that there are many leadership styles and approaches showcased on 12manage, then we have many from which to c...
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Alex Dail, United States
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Know Yourself and The Effect on your Followers Authentic leaders know themselves, but also their followers / subordinates, they know how to respond to the individuals.
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Onno Harmsen, Netherlands
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To Know Yourself You Have to Face your Most Fundamental Fears @Rebecca Roe: to become an authentic leader, you need to know yourself. In order to know yourself, you should be open to face your fears, because our fears create non-authentic behaviour.
Our fears a...
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Maria Montero
Coach, Venezuela
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Leadership Begins by Leading our Own Life First I like the way Vitor addresses leadership. I could not agree more. I'd like to add that emotional intelligence begins with self-awareness, so it is really implied that this is the fundamental.
And al...
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Marta Amde
Financial Consultant, United States
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Address Craving for Significance and Convince Oneself First @Onno Harmsen : you said it all. Two points I want to add
(a) We are created in the image of god. All God wants from us is to recognize him. I believe that recognition / craving for significance is ...
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Fatime Usman Mafa
Management Consultant
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Authentic Leadership I agree with Maria. Leadership begins by leading our life first and also trusting our instincts, by making decisions that help in changing the life of others is the best way of authentic leadership....
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Jacques Strydom, South Africa
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Is authenticity in the Person or in the Leader? I'm struggling to differentiate between being an authentic person and being an authentic leader.
In what I have read, it seems as if whatever has been said about an authentic leader, essentially is ...
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Victor Manuel Monteiro Seco
Entrepreneur, Portugal
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First an Authentic Person, then an Authentic Leader... Hello Jacques, firstly we must assume the authentic person. Not every person wants to be an organization leader.
But we can find inside us a great possibility to be a leader of our self. We must val...
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eva lufranco
Business Consultant, Philippines
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Leaders and Followers Hi Mr. Seco, it is great to have been able to read your leaderhip issue. It is very nice that on account of being an authentic leader you emphasize that in order to have followers, firstly you need to...
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VENKATESWARAN
Teacher, India
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Authentic Leadership - A Myth or Reality? In reality there is nothing special like authentic leadership and un-authentic leadership. Leadership itself means all virtues that motivate people to do their best taking him as the role model.
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Belay Gezahegn
Director, Ethiopia
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2 Questions about Authentic Leadership I would like to understand whether authenticity implies to being authentic to ones own idea, or to followers, or does it imply to virtuousness and viciousness of ideas?
Were leaders (political or bu...
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Jacques Strydom, South Africa
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Authentic LEADERS @Vitor Manuel Monteiro Seco: hi. May I call you Vitor? Thanks for the swift reply. What you say makes sense, thanks.
In this case, would there be specific characteristices that the person demonstrat...
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Sylvia Grant
Consultant, Australia
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Authentic Leadership is Preferable Style The characteristics of authentic leadership in the comments above remind me of the book by Stephen Covey, "Principle Centered Leadership", and David Rock's article, "Leading with the brain in mind".
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Victor Manuel Monteiro Seco
Entrepreneur, Portugal
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Authentic Leadership - The Way Forward @Venkateswaran : I think a myth is something or a person that people believe has been successful in the past.
No, I'm pointing tips for the present and most of all for the future! The current Europe...
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Laxman Prasad Paudel, Nepal
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Authentic Leadership Authentic leadership takes ownership of his/her organization, followers/subordinates and he/she is capable of making an authentic pathway to achieve the goal in a smart way....
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Adonis
Business Consultant, France
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Authenticity is not Optimal Compatibility @Vitor Manuel Monteiro Seco: I understand the application domain you suggested and I like it. From that point of view and towards a new European perspective, everything intermediary between leaders an...
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Miguel Merodio
Business Consultant, Mexico
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Authentic Leadership Means a Dialogue My personal view is that authentic leadership is not subject to tightly defined patterns. Interpersonal relationships are influenced by multiple factors. So if you're really convinced you should do wh...
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Robert Sowell, United States
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Authentic Leadership in a Moral Sense Sometimes we use the same words, but with different meanings. Some of the posts related to this topic are examples, because we are using words that can be defined in a variety of ways. Remember that a...
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Laura Nayeli Peralta Calderon
Mexico
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5 Marks of Authentic Leadership I call these the five marks of authentic leadership:
1. Have insight
2. Demonstrate initiative.
3. Exert influence
4. Have impact
5. Exercise integrity
Leaders must be deliberate and intentiona...
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Victor Manuel Monteiro Seco
Entrepreneur, Portugal
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Authentic Leadership or Leader Authenticity @Michael Horwitz: as Cooper et al. (2005) said, it’s better to understand the authenticity construct as an “element of a continuum where leaders and their followers are becoming more and more authenti...
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Mapsie
South Africa
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Authentic Leadership Requires Someone to Be Flexible @Rebecca Roe: I agree with you completely, Rebecca. An authentic leader needs to be flexible and dynamic and also embrace other leadership styles so as to accommodate the different situations.
Being...
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Gregory Johnson
Coach, United States
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Authentic Leadership & Flexibility @Rebecca Roe makes a great point regarding clones and the need to be flexible. Authentic leaders are learners. I believe they/we are like a sponge. Not only do we take in information, but we are on a ...
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Rebecca Roe
United States
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Significance of Self in Leadership @Onno Harmsen: agreed.
We want to have a purpose to our lives. This is one way to make a difference and be significant. The question to a leader would be, what would happen if I wasn't here? Why am I...
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Dr zahra gheidar
HR Consultant, Iran
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What Other Features are Needed for Authentic Leaders? Obviously all these points are vital and considerable points. Authentic leaders are learners, self aware and also they know others, self control and so on. Are there any other traits of strong, authen...
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Victor Manuel Monteiro Seco
Entrepreneur, Portugal
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What Other Features are Needed? @Zahra Gheidar: hi, a strong leader has all the traits observed in overall leadership theory and practice.
But the point is: generic transformational leaders are not obliged to be trustful persons. T...
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Adonis
Business Consultant, France
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Authenticity of Leadership refers to a Particular Required Management Context We have to consider that authentic leadership must be a type of leadership, in which we refer to a certain truthfulness of the origins (past experience, cultural environment of the origins, and also t...
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Rebecca Roe
United States
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Truth is the Most Important Feature Needed for an Authentic Leader @Vitor Manuel Monteiro Seco: if you want lifelong respect and a clear conscience, an authentic must take the successes with the failures.
The best will humbly spread the fruits of success with the t...
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Adam mohammed Baba
Director, Ghana
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Authentic Leadership I agree with Vitor Manuel, because in recent times demand for people centered leadership has inspired organizations to shift to ideas that take followers input in to consideration. The leadership that...
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Victor Manuel Monteiro Seco
Entrepreneur, Portugal
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Authentic Leadership, Believe and Trust People need to believe and trust in their leaders, and now more than ever.
1) BELIEVE, in the sense that was given by Gilbert (1991), which "involves the knowledge and mental representation of a sign...
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hernando bernal
Professor, Colombia
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Authentic Leadership is a Alter Ego of Who? I think also the believe and trust in himself is important. But is it possible to obtain the most powerful spirit to lead the organization into the new society, or is he made by itself, or is it a mat...
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Dr zahra gheidar
HR Consultant, Iran
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Trust is the First Step to Motion Trust is the first step to motion that leaders need to be a leader.
How can leaders gain this trust? And how can they show that they will not abuse this trust?...
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Victor Manuel Monteiro Seco
Entrepreneur, Portugal
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Authentic Leadership @Hernando Bernal: be humble. Assume that principles are natural and simple. You can believe them or not. But they are life organization fundamentals. The new society, in my opinion, could be the summa...
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Robert Sowell, United States
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Consistency, Trust and Authentic Leadership Yes, trust is one of the four essential, foundational pillars of leadership. And, at least temporarily, leadership is possible when followers believe the leader is trustworthy, whether this is true or...
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Victor Manuel Monteiro Seco
Entrepreneur, Portugal
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Authentic Leadership and Trust @Zahra Gheidar: when trust is present, people are overwhelmed about what they do. They collaborate for free, channels of communication open up, the sharing of ideas becomes the norm, and people are no...
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Adam mohammed Baba
Director, Ghana
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How About 'Transformational Leadership', can that be Referred to as 'Authentic'? Leadership styles have their unique attributes which make a leader who chooses to exercise any of them different from other leaders. Of course, one important element that runs through effective leader...
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Robert Sowell, United States
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Authentic or Transformational Leadership It seems to me that our responses have used "authentic" to refer to leadership that is the real thing or leadership that exhibits genuine integrity.
Transformational leadership, in my understanding,...
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Adam mohammed Baba
Director, Ghana
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Authentic or Transformational Leadership My understanding is that the word "authentic" refers to any leadership style or any leader who is able to induce trust and commitment of followers or who is able to engender high motivation among foll...
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Ariyo Samson Olakunle
Manager, Nigeria
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Authentic Leaders have In-built Character Traits The authenticity of a leader has to do with his/her in-built personal characters.
Which include: trust, integrity faithfulness and righteousness. It is possible for a leader to transform a nation, st...
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Robert Sowell, United States
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Try to be all that our potential allows... It is an ongoing, long-standing debate whether leaders are born or made. I will not claim any special insight for the debate.
I want to observe, however, that history includes many examples of those...
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Adam mohammed Baba
Director, Ghana
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Leadership (Authentic versus Inauthentic) I agree that not all transformational leaders are authentic. Hickman (2010) describes personalized transformational leaders who are pseudotransformational or inauthentic transformational leaders.
Th...
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Dilip Khanal
CEO, Nepal
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Cultivating Authentic Leadership It seems that authentic leadership can not be cultivated, rather it is developed through inner self of a person. If it is so, is it worth to discuss this topic. If it is not so, can someone share expe...
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Robert Sowell, United States
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Authentic Leadership can be Cultivated Mr. Khanal, as we have been discussing, it's important that we are clear about what we mean by "authentic leadership", whether it is leadership that really is leadership or whether it is leadership th...
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Adonis
Business Consultant, France
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Authentic Leadership Can Be Cultivated and Reproduced AL is not only cultivatable but reproductible too:
- To acquire the abilities for understanding and guiding humans is a question of the right socialization, coupled with some excellence, if I can be ...
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Alain Kambaja
Director, Senegal
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Authentic Leadership Tools What tools can one use to become self- aware (Authentic)?
How do you integrate this value at all levels of your life (personal, work, etc.)?...
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Victor Manuel Monteiro Seco
Entrepreneur, Portugal
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Tools to Use to Be Self-aware: Authentic Leadership Questionnaire The Authentic Leadership Questionnaire from Avolio et al (2005), includes some questions that could help us to reflect about our own and other people's self-awareness.
In fact, self awareness refers ...
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Gregory Johnson
Coach, United States
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Authentic Leadership Tools: The Concentric Leadership Model The Concentric Leadership Model (CLM) provides a pervasive look at the Authentic Leader. When having a feeling of one's IMPACT on self, business/organization and all elements present today and into th...
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Robert Sowell, United States
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'Authentic' Leadership Talk of so-called "authentic" leadership can sound noble, but the crucial thing is for us to be real about what happens "on the ground" everyday. This requires us to be clear regarding what we mean by...
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Dilip Khanal
CEO, Nepal
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Improving Self Before Trying to Improve Others In my opinion, authentic leaders believe in improving self first. They also help improve their colleagues, superiors, subordinates and stakeholders. They don't care for position, honor and appreciatio...
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Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
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Authentic Leadership Powerpoint We just added an interesting PowerPoint presentation on Authentic Leadership. It includes some of the latest thinking and a summary of several recent practical approaches. And a nice introduction vide...
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Melnyk, Canada
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Who is the SELF? Who is the SELF, is the question of authenticity. The "S"elf and "s"elf can be discovered by engaging in discovery of the ego. Otto Scharmers' Theory U is a great tool for this. If you would like to e...
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Gregory Johnson
Coach, United States
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Authentic Leadership with a Coaching Mindset? @Rebecca Roe: All references to "knowing yourself' are very much on point when considering the definition of Leadership. It's a tough definition and is contingent upon the person in certain settings ...
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Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
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Authentic Leaders are Authentic Speakers The ability of communicating authentically (and being perceived as authentic person) is a very important leadership skill. When they possess it, leaders can relatively easily move others to a position...
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Michael Horwitz
Professor, United States
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Definition of Authentic Leadership is Good @Victor Manuel Monteiro Seco: This has become the definition of AL which has been used in the vast majority of research conducted on this topic. This is a very concise and operationalizable definition...
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Paramathmuni srinivas Kumar
India
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Authentic Leaders Look Inward for Solutions Normally people tend to look outward for solutions. But authentic leaders always tend to look inward. Their inner being is so clear they get the right guidance (a voice within) which is aligned to the...
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Maurice Hogarth
Consultant, United Kingdom
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Authentic for Better or Worse @Jaap de Jonge: It seems that all of these could be applied to leaders such as Ghengis Khan, Napoleon, Hitler et al.
I'm not certain that "personal convictions" are in opposition to any desire to att...
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Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
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Authentic Leaders can Be @Maurice Hogarth: You are correct. Make sure you don't miss the Note in my above comment...
As I tried to explain, according Shamir and Eilam (!), the actual leadership style and and content of the l...
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Maurice Hogarth
Consultant, United Kingdom
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Is Authentic Leadership Strong? I'm interested in how the concept of "authentic leadership" is correlated with "strong leadership".
I'm not entirely certain that all of these (philosophical) aspects (as related to "strong", "authen...
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It is my opinion that there are some basic elements to authentic leadership:
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