Congruence: Building
Authenticity
In an era of the millennial and technocrats, authenticity is
still in its infancy. How comfortable we are in trusting our colleagues,
bosses, neighbours, clients etc. ?There is always an element of doubt due to
inauthentic behaviour exhibited by people. How authentic are relationship between individuals?
Building authenticity requires time,mutual care and interest.
Authentic leadership
is the most desired by all. An authentic leader will emphasize on building
legitimacy through honest relationships with followers who value their input.
Such a leadership skill is built upon the foundation of ethics. Generally, authentic
leaders are highly positive and optimistic. Authentic leaders
promote openness. They improve the
individual and team performances by building trust.
People believe that entire organisation can behave like an authentic person through responsibility, reactions to uncertainty and creativity.
An authentic leader makes a team to believe in itself and
its true potential. Authentic leaders create an emotional or psychological
response from their followers, which leads to increase in individual and team
performance altogether.
Authentic leadership is an outcome of lifetime of experiences. No training can contribute significantly to authentic leadership. It comes from within.
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