Authentic Leadership
Authentic leadership emphasize on building the leader's legitimacy through honest relationships with followers which value their input and are build on an ethical foundation
Idea of Authentic Leadership
- Intrapersonal - Value of leader himself
- Interpersonal - Relationship between leader and follower
- Developmental - Leadership develop over a lifetime
Characteristic of Authentic Leadership
- Self-awareness - A leader understand his inner and outer qualities and relate them to leadership
- Internalized Moral Perspective - A leader does the right things and follow the ethics
- Balanced Processing - A leader understand the bias, let follower free to speak and be open and fair.
- Relational Transparency - A leader is genuine, no drama, no hidden agenda and communicate and act honestly
Crucible
A single event or challenging situation in one's life that set one's purpose
Example of Authentic Leadership
- Howard Schultz - He enforced insurance on all employee after learn that his father's company do not take responsibility on accident at work.
- Oprah Winfrey - She came from abusive family and she built a foundation for abused female when she became successful.
- Nelson Mandela - He was imprisoned due to apartheid but when he was released he did not pay revenge.
Metaphor of Compass
A compass always point to true north.
- Center - Self-awareness
- North - Values and principles
- South - Supportive team
- West - Integrated life
- East - Motivation
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