Authentic Leadership
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Top : Authentic Leadership - Authentic leadership, an approach that is linked to humanistic psychology, is based on the idea that leaders are effective by being true to themselves, and being open and authentic with others. The focus is on who the leader is as a person, and how he or she conveys that to others.
Commentary on Authentic Leadership
Authentic leadership simply sounds so good. After all, who among us want phony, disingenuous leaders, whether in our political system or our companies. But is it that simple? It depends. It depends on how we define the phrase. For example, if we use a strict definition, authentic leadership would preclude withholding information from constituents, and much as that sounds good, there's often times when leaders need to be less than forthcoming.
Further, what about situations where a leader is worried and concerned about certain aspects of the future. Authenticiy would mean conveying that to those he or she leads. But are there situations where we want a leader to be inauthentic and convey a sense of positiveness about that future? Probably.
So, it's simply not so simple.
In any event we've gathered some material to help you understand the meaning of "authentic leadership, and some of the pro's and con's outlined in the literature.
Authentic Leadership: Pro's, Con's And The Devil Is In The Detail
Authentic Leadership
By Kevin Cashman - Presents the basic principles underlying authentic leadership and the five touchstones. pop (Added: 17-Jul-2007 Hits: 3332 )
Authentic Leadership Can Be Bad Leadership - Deborah Gruenfeld and Lauren Zander - Harvard Business Review
By Deborah Gruenfeld and Lauren Zande - Most people can agree that authenticity is of great value. We'd rather be — or follow — a leader who is for real than one who is faking it. Acting in a way that feels truthful, candid, and connected to who you really are is important, and is a leadership quality worth aspiring to. On the other hand, being who you are and saying what you think can be highly problematic if the real you is a jerk. In practice, we've observed that placing value on being authentic has become an excuse for bad behavior among executives. It's important to realize that what makes you you is not just the good stuff — your values, aspirations and dreams; the qualities others love most. For most people, what comes naturally can also get pretty nasty. When you are overly critical, non-communicative, crass, judgmental, or rigid, you are probably at your most real — but you are not at your best. In fact, it is often these most authentic parts of a leader that need the most management. new (Added: 6-Sep-2011 Hits: 248 )
Authentic Leadership: Looking in the Mirror, Entrepreneurial Skills Article - Inc. Article
By Sarah Fenson - So to be truly genuine - or authentic -a leader requires a few things: To ensurethat one's corporate actions and rhetoric arealigned; to ensure that such actions aremeaningful (as opposed to superficial,headline-grabbing actions that don'ttake root beyond theorganization's need for disingenuouspublicity); and to ensure that one's publicpersona and private core are not at odds. (Added: 17-Jul-2007 Hits: 1435 )
Authentic Leadership: Reducing the Gap between Lived and Espoused Values
By Dan Elash - The gap between what a company says it stands for and what actually drives daily decisions creates a significant source of lost potential for any organization. All organizations pursue a purpose. Yet, lofty mission statements are often subverted by the decisions made for short-term crisis management. Value statements are often discredited by how people are treated day to day. Strategies are often abandoned as unexpected events threaten the numbers attached to budgets, bonuses, or personal performance targets. In all of these instances, the credibility of the leadership is weakened; the focus of the organization is fractured; and the ability to rally people around a necessary change initiative is diminished by the discrepancy between what we say and how we act. new (Added: 20-Mar-2011 Hits: 304 )
Authenticity and Leadership
By Dan Elash - Leadership is all about causing others to want to follow. In a time of political scandals perpetrated by hypocritical officials; of news organizations presenting opinions as if they were obvious facts; and organizations faltering in their willingness to honor explicit promises to both their customers and their employees, skepticism abounds. Economic institutions and economic policy makers have failed us often while pursuing their own self-serving ends. Trustworthiness is often seen as an illusory concept at best. Citizens, as a result, are both weary and weary of the communities in which they live and work. At the same time, for many of the same reasons, there is tremendous pressure on organizations to change and adapt to new market realities. Calls to sacrifice and embrace difficult changes often fall on cynical ears. People are listening for hollow words. They are looking for disparities between espoused and lived values. They are looking for the catch. Under these conditions, anything less than authenticity on the part of a leader runs a serious risk of farther alienating their constituencies. new (Added: 20-Mar-2011 Hits: 249 )
Bill George Biography
By Bill George - Bill George, Harvard professor is the author of a number of books on authentic leadership and is considered the authority on the subject. Here's a brief biography. pop (Added: 17-Jul-2007 Hits: 2176 )
Building Fires - What Leaders Do
By David Bea - What leaders do in facilitating the greatness of those around them begins with teaching and demonstrating the characteristics of leadership with true passion. Training new leaders is like building a fire and the analogies between the two create a clear mental picture of that process. (Added: 10-Mar-2010 Hits: 419 )
Can the Masks of Command Coexist with Authentic Leadership?
By Jim Heskett - Do authentic leaders need "masks of command"? Instructors seek case studies posing issues that provoke discussion on both sides of an issue and raise many questions. We seem to have found such an issue this month: Can the "masks of command" coexist with authentic leadership? (Added: 24-Nov-2009 Hits: 479 )
Colgate-Palmolive's Reuben Mark: On Leadership and 'Moving the Bell Curve' - Knowledge@Wharton
By n a - Read about Reuben Mark's 23 year career as CEO of Colgate-Palmolive. What is so markable - other than his long tenure - is that his leadership style was so simple and made good sense. (Added: 8-Nov-2007 Hits: 911 )
Enabling and Empowering Authentic Transformational Leaders, or …“How to Achieve All That You Ever Meant to in Your Life!”
By Malcolm Allen & Elizabeth Harrison - Excellent article on both authentic leadership and transformational leadership includes definitions, developing authentic transformational leaders and more. (Added: 24-Nov-2009 Hits: 227 )
Gaining An Edge: Authentic Leadership Lessons
By Dan Elash - Authentic leadership is leadership that can be trusted; leadership that is, in fact, as it is represented. In the business environment, authentic leadership is a fundamental requirement for generating peak performance. Some companies can make money, even in the absence of authentic leadership, but they can’t come close to realizing their full potential without it. If, as some suggest, the personality of an organization reflects the personality of its leader, then an outside observer should be able to identify key characteristics in the company that reflect the leader’s degree of authenticity. In the broadest sense of the word, authenticity is about integrity; a considered, deliberate consistency between what is said, what is implied, and what is actually done. (Added: 18-Nov-2009 Hits: 301 )
How to be a Real Leader
By Polly LaBarre - f leadership is so important, why are effective business leaders so rare? Kevin Cashman, a Minneapolis-based leadership coach, thinks that he has the answer: "Too many people separate the act of leadership from the leader. They see leadership as something that they do -- rather than as an expression of who they are." (Added: 17-Jul-2007 Hits: 708 )
Pseudotransformational Leadership Effects: Poor Leadership Can Lower Morale and Reduce Productivity
By Heather Rothbauer -Wanish - It is critically important to understand the various views of leadership when reviewing the leadership qualities in today’s workplaces. Most importantly, workplace leadership involves influencing those employees one supervises. (Added: 29-Mar-2010 Hits: 224 )
Ten Signs of Incompetent Managers
By Margaret Heffernan - Just two of the habits discussed within are secrecy and love of procedure. This is a terrific article that not only documents incompetent leadership habits, but offers some insights as to why they are practiced. (Added: 25-Feb-2010 Hits: 90 )
The 8 Steps to Authentic Leadership - Forbes
By August Turak - Sooner or later every leader realizes that 99% of the people he depends on for success don’t report to him. Authentic leadership relies on persuasion and persuasion relies on trust. Trust is the most important asset that any organization, brand, product, leader, or individual can have. Most importantly, trust is not a scarce resource. We can all have more than we need. However, trust is fragile: Once squandered it is often impossible to regain. Here are 8 ways to guarantee that you, your product, your brand, and your company will always be trusted. new (Added: 6-Sep-2011 Hits: 107 )
The Challenge of Authentic Leadership | Business Ethics
By na - Of all the styles and types of leadership, something called authentic leadership seems the easiest to achieve – after all, who wouldn’t want to be, and come across as, the genuine article? But it may be more complicated than that. Columnist Gael O’Brien asks: “Is it possible that a 21st century leadership can emerge that involves self awareness, emotional intelligence, and authenticity?” new (Added: 19-Oct-2011 Hits: 118 )
The Journey to Authenticity -- A Bill George full-text article
By Bill George - The one essential quality you must have to lead is to be your own person, authentic in every regard. The best leaders are autonomous and highly independent. Those who are too responsive to the desires of others are likely to be whipsawed by competing interests, too quick to deviate from their course or unwilling to make difficult decisions for fear of offending. My advice to the people I mentor is simply to be themselves. (Added: 17-Jul-2007 Hits: 394 )
The Price and Prize of Leadership -- Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones
By Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones - Recommended Excellent article on authentic leadership that discusses factors like leadership detachment, balancing elements, etc. (Added: 17-Jul-2007 Hits: 358 )
Wanted: Authentic Leaders - Forbes.com
By Saj-nicole A. Joni - Mark Cuban, idiosyncratic business man and sports team owner, is used as an example of real world application of authentic leadership. (Added: 17-Jul-2007 Hits: 556 )
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