This is our third in a series of posts from the Book Rapper issue Authentic. It’s derived from Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones’ book Why Should Anyone Be Led By You that discusses what it takes to be an authentic leader. Previously in this series: Three Leadership Axioms
If leadership is a relationship then knowing yourself is important – and only half of the game. The other half is being in relationship with others. Here we explore these two aspects: being true to your origins and being socially authentic.
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As a leader you will be pulled and pushed by others, And, without a strong anchor you’ll bobble around like a cork in the ocean. That anchor, that strength within, comes from being at ease with who you are and where you have come from.
To be at ease with your origins:
The more grounded you are the less effort it will take to be ‘authentic’ you.
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A lot of leadership books share the recipe for being Jack Welch, Steve Jobs or Bill Gates. Interesting and they’re not you!
Followers want to be lead by real people – not someone playing a role or trying to be like someone they’re not. They can only see you as real if you really express yourself.
The art of leadership is to communicate the right authentic slice of you in the right time and place.
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COMMENT: Rate yourself on your self-leadership… How well do you know yourself? And, how well do you show yourself?
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