Whatever you may think of your employees, they can spot a phoniness in their leaders. You can't fake real leadership forever––but you don't have to. Forbes can help you unlock into your real leadership potential. Here's one tip:
Share Authentically— Unlock The Power of Vulnerability
Sharing ourselves authentically often goes against our instincts for self-preservation. It explains why, when we anticipate finding ourselves in a vulnerable predicament, our automatic reaction is to protect ourselves: pull out of the launch, cancel the meeting, step back from the relationship, or retreat from centre stage. Yet it's through becoming vulnerable that we can connect most deeply.
While researching Stop Playing Safe, James Strong, former CEO of Qantas shared with me, "You have to be willing to put yourself at risk in the way you communicate and interact with employees." We trust people who don't need to prove their superiority, success or significance in any way—who can connect from a place of being 'human' a bit better than the rest of us.
When people can relate to you as a fellow human being—rather than as someone with the power to cut your budget or outsource your job—you can build engagement and lift performance beyond anything 'unreal' leaders ever can. As Harvard Researcher Shawn Achor wrote in The Happiness Advantage, 'The more genuinely expressive someone is, the more their mindset and feelings spread.'
Source:
http://holykaw.alltop.com/how-to-be-an-authentic-leader?tu3=1
http://innovationova.blogspot.com
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