Authentic leadership draws on positive psychological capacities and ethical values to promote self-awareness, transparency, and balanced decision-making. It requires leaders to understand themselves, accept feedback, and base actions on core beliefs. While authentic leadership seems ideal, it may not suit all contexts like the military. True authentic leaders stand alone at first but nurture followers as equals to build a sustainable movement focused on higher purpose over any single leader.

1. AUTHENTIC
LEADERSHIP

2. O UR TEXT SAYS
 Be Yourself, we all have different
backgrounds, different life experiences , and
different role models
Self Awareness is the
key, they are not afraid to act the way they are
 Howard Schultz, founder of Starbucks, embraces
authentic leadership

3. W HAT IS A UTHENTIC
L EADERSHIP
 a 2008 article published in the Journal of Management entitled “Authentic
Leadership: Development and Validation of a Theory-Based Measure,” by Fred
Walumbwa and 4 other co-authors.
A pattern of leader behavior that draws upon and promotes both
positive psychological capacities and a positive ethical climate,
to foster greater self-awareness, an internalized moral
perspective, balanced processing of information, and relational
transparency on the part of leaders working with followers,
fostering positive self-development. (p. 94).
 I say blah blah blah??
 Dr Simmons says “What?”

4.  Seeks feedback to improve interactions with others
 Accurately escribes how others view his or her capabilities
 Says exactly what he or she means
 Is willing to admit mistakes when they are made
 Demonstrates beliefs that are consistent with actions
 Makes decisions based on his/her core beliefs
 Solicits that challenge
views his or her deeply held positions
 Listens carefully to different points of view
before coming to conclusions


5. J UST TELL ME WHAT IT
MEANS …
 ,
 They lead in a manner that
followers perceive and describe as
authentic. Fred Walumbwa
 Dr Simmons said …
I think any follower that observed
that behavior in a leader would
simply call that good leadership.

6. S O IS IT THE L EADERS OR
THE F OLLOWERS ?????????

7.  As a Leader, you might stand alone…for a while
 Nurture the first few followers as equals
 Make everything about the movement, not about
you
 Be EZ to follow
 Leadership is over glorified, the first follower turned the lone
nut into a leader
 There is no movement without the first follower
 If we were all leaders, it would be really ineffective
 The first follower is the most courageous, and they show the
others how to follow
 Do You have the guts to be the first person to stand up and
Join In

8. A NDREW C OHEN ,
SPIRITUAL LEADER
 if we aspire to be an authentic leader, we must
always be willing to:
 Stand alone
 Live fearlessly
 Act heroically
 Want to be free and true more than anything else
 Take unconditional responsibility for oneself
 Face everything and avoid nothing
 At all times see things impersonally
 Live for a higher purpose

9. Stand alone

10. Live fearlessly

11. A CT HEROICALLY

12. WANT TO BE FREE AND
TRUE MORE THAN ANYTHING
ELSE

13. Take unconditional
responsibility for oneself
 Assemblyman Pat Delaney, GOP incumbent
withdraws from election after email.
 "deeply disappointed in my wife's decision to
send that email," adding: "In an attempt to repair
the serious damage this has caused to our
marriage, and to protect our kids from public
humiliation, I decided to leave public life. On
behalf of my family, we sincerely apologize to Mr.
Lewis for any pain this caused him."

14. Face everything and
avoid nothing
 Still looking for a famous person to show
example …LOL!!

15. At all times, see
things impersonally
 Mr. Robot

16. Lives for a higher
purpose

17. SO I ASK YOU …
 Authentic Leadership is awfully trendy…. Who
are the authentic leaders; are they really
authentic; are they just jumping on a
bandwagon?
 Is authentic leadership appropriate in all aspects
of life? Example?? The military? Police Dept?
 Are you willing to be an authentic leader?

18. A UTHENTIC R EFERENCES
 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2010-
11/authentic-leadership/#ixzz1WTYh6yUi
 http://www.andrewcohen.org/andrew/authentic
-leadership.asp
 http://www.action-wheel.com/authentic-
leadership.html