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What's Authentic Leadership & How Do You Practice It
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Authentic leadership
Is a management style in which leaders are genuine, self-aware, and transparent.
An authentic leader is able to inspire loyalty and trust in her employees by consistently displaying who she/he really is as a person, and how she/he feels about her employees' performance.
Authentic leadership is the single strongest predictor of an employee's job satisfaction.
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Components of Authentic Leadership
- Self-Awareness: be aware of your trengths, weaknesses, and values and displaying them to your team.
- Relational Transparency: remain genuine, straightforward, and honest with your team. Display the behavior you hope to see in your employees.
- Balanced Processing: stick to your values when making decisions, but remain open to discussions and alternatve options.
- Doing the right thing: focus on doing the right thing for the long-term success of the business, not yours.
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3 ways to practie self-awareness as a leader
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Focusing On The Long-Term.
Authentic leaders focus on the long term. They realize that nurturing individuals and a company requires hard work and patience, but the approach pays large dividends over time.
Leading With Heart And Mind
Authentic leaders are not afraid to show their emotions, their vulnerability and to connect with their employees. They understand it doesn’t make them “soft” and that communicating in a direct but empathetic manner is critical to successful outcomes.
Mission-Driven And Goal Oriented
Authentic leaders are able to put the mission and the goals of the organization ahead of their own self-interest. They do the job in pursuit of results.
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Authentic Leaders
They are people of the highest integrity, committed to building enduring organizations. They have a deep sense of purpose and self-discipline, are true to their core values, dare to build th...
Character, Not Style
Leadership has to do with who we are as human beings and the forces that shaped us. Style is the outward manifestation of one’s authentic leadership.
Authentic leaders must adapt their styles to fit the situation and capabilities of their teammates.
Real And Genuine
You can’t pretend to be an authentic leader for long because people will eventually sense the lack of authenticity, and ultimately you will not gain the trust of your teammates.
If you are real and genuine people will see you as trustworthy and willing to learn, they will respond positively to requests for help in getting through difficult times.
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Exercising Integrity
Not every leader is benevolent. Many leaders have insight, initiative, influence, and impact but their lives and legacies are tainted by a lack of integrity.
A great leader must have a lif...
Being Impactful
The measure of leadership is the impact they have on their followers. How much of a difference they make.
They’re either instrumental in creating real lasting change, or they’re not leaders. They’re just entertainers.
Exerting Influence
An authentic leader draws people and compels them to act with his vision and values. He also gives off a positive vibe and is good at persuading others to his point of view.