Is Authentic Leadership Dead?
Authentic leadership can be traced back to transformational leadership research from the 1970s, but is authentic leadership essentially dead? Are any of our top leaders actually practicing this style of leadership?
Exploring leadership styles, good, bad, and indifferent.
Authentic leadership can be traced back to transformational leadership research from the 1970s, but is authentic leadership essentially dead? Are any of our top leaders actually practicing this style of leadership?
Even before Daniel Goleman encouraged leaders to utilize multiple leadership styles, Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey were teaching the need for flexibility in leadership. Blanchard and Hersey defined this concept in the mid-1970s as the Situational Leadership Model.
We add value when we stretch beyond the comfort of our natural leadership style and learn to practice many styles.