Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Authentic Leadership”
We have all attended a seminar or workshop where the trainer has said “turn to the person next to you and tell them 3 things you like about yourself and 3 things that you do not like about yourself”. Or “as a group lets line up in order of distance that we have travelled today to get to this workshop …
Oscar Wilde said, “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” Standing before a group of people and being “authentically you” sounds so simple yet is often hard. It is perceived that public speaking requires us to be polished, perfect, to present at a higher level and almost deliver a faultless performance. After all people are looking at us as a …
It’s not about being right. It’s about accepting that everyone has their own perspective. Here’s a policy that we saw in a local restaurant while in downtown New York. So the old paradigm, “The Customer Is Always Right” has been discarded. Isn’t it ironic that something – such as our differences – that usually causes disputes and arguments could …
Do you as a leader, manager or supervisor allow and encourage your staff to disagree with you? Do you promote a culture of dissension within your workplace? Employees need to feel safe to disagree and dissent with something they don’t agree with. Recent studies have found that dissent plays an important role in helping organisations to thrive, innovate and grow. …
Just out of interest, do you know what your employees would say about your listening and empathy skills if they were asked? Listening and empathy are the foundations of all our conversations and verbal communication. If you want to bring the best out in your employees, then people need to know that you care and they are being listened to. …
Authentic communication is not always easy. To be honest with one’s self and others in the workplace takes courage and creates emotional dilemmas. Yet authentic communication is a hallmark of great leadership. As I research women in leadership, I can’t believe the volume of information on this topic. Sheryl Sandberg in her book Lean In talks about the challenges she …
