Chapter 9 Authentic leadership with complete
solutions
authentic leadership
- is genuine and "real"
- is about authenticity of leaders and their leadership
- complex process that is difficult to characterize
- multiple definitions
3 viewpoints of authentic leadership
- intrapersonal perspective
- interpersonal perspective
- developmental perspective
intrapersonal perspective
- focuses closely on the leader and what goes on with the leader
- incorporates leader's self knowledge, self-regulation and self-concept
- Shamir and Eilam suggest that authentic leaders exhibit genuine leadership, lead from conviction
and are originals
interpersonal perspective
- outlines authentic leadership as relational, created by leaders and followers together
- not from the leader's efforts alone, but also from the response of the followers
- reciprocal process because leaders affect followers and followers affect leaders
developmental perspective
- exemplified in the work of Avolio and his associates
- views authentic leadership as something that can be nurtured into a leader, rather than as a fixed
trait
- authentic leadership develops in people over a lifetime and can be triggered by major life events,
such as a sever illness or a new career
- Walumbwa stated that there are 4 components:
1. self awareness
2. internalized moral perspective
3. balanced processing
4. relational transparency
approaches to authentic leadership
- practical approach
- theoretical approach
, - both approaches offer insights about the complex process of authentic leadership
practical approach
- evolved from real-life examples and training and development literature
theoretical approach
- based on findings from social science research
Bill George's authentic leadership approach
- focuses on the characteristics of authentic leaders
- he describes the essential qualities of authentic leadership
Bill George's characteristics
- through interviews with a diverse sample of 125 leaders, he found that leaders have a genuine
desire to serve others, they know themselves and they feel free to lead from their core values
5 characteristics:
1. they have a strong sense of purpose
2. they have strong values about the right thing to do
3. they establish trusting relationships with others
4. they demonstrate self-disipline and act on their values
5. they are sensitive and empathetic to the plight of others
Bill George's "authentic leadership characteristics" model
- has 5 dimensions of authentic leadership
1. purpose
2. values
3. relationships
4. self-discipline
5. heart
purpose
- they have a real sense of purpose
- they know what they are about and where they are going
passionate
- they have a deep-seated interest in what they are doing and truly care about their work
values and behaviour
- they know their "true north"
- they have a clear idea of who they are, where they are going, and what the right thing to do is
solutions
authentic leadership
- is genuine and "real"
- is about authenticity of leaders and their leadership
- complex process that is difficult to characterize
- multiple definitions
3 viewpoints of authentic leadership
- intrapersonal perspective
- interpersonal perspective
- developmental perspective
intrapersonal perspective
- focuses closely on the leader and what goes on with the leader
- incorporates leader's self knowledge, self-regulation and self-concept
- Shamir and Eilam suggest that authentic leaders exhibit genuine leadership, lead from conviction
and are originals
interpersonal perspective
- outlines authentic leadership as relational, created by leaders and followers together
- not from the leader's efforts alone, but also from the response of the followers
- reciprocal process because leaders affect followers and followers affect leaders
developmental perspective
- exemplified in the work of Avolio and his associates
- views authentic leadership as something that can be nurtured into a leader, rather than as a fixed
trait
- authentic leadership develops in people over a lifetime and can be triggered by major life events,
such as a sever illness or a new career
- Walumbwa stated that there are 4 components:
1. self awareness
2. internalized moral perspective
3. balanced processing
4. relational transparency
approaches to authentic leadership
- practical approach
- theoretical approach
, - both approaches offer insights about the complex process of authentic leadership
practical approach
- evolved from real-life examples and training and development literature
theoretical approach
- based on findings from social science research
Bill George's authentic leadership approach
- focuses on the characteristics of authentic leaders
- he describes the essential qualities of authentic leadership
Bill George's characteristics
- through interviews with a diverse sample of 125 leaders, he found that leaders have a genuine
desire to serve others, they know themselves and they feel free to lead from their core values
5 characteristics:
1. they have a strong sense of purpose
2. they have strong values about the right thing to do
3. they establish trusting relationships with others
4. they demonstrate self-disipline and act on their values
5. they are sensitive and empathetic to the plight of others
Bill George's "authentic leadership characteristics" model
- has 5 dimensions of authentic leadership
1. purpose
2. values
3. relationships
4. self-discipline
5. heart
purpose
- they have a real sense of purpose
- they know what they are about and where they are going
passionate
- they have a deep-seated interest in what they are doing and truly care about their work
values and behaviour
- they know their "true north"
- they have a clear idea of who they are, where they are going, and what the right thing to do is
