Authentic_Leadership.pptx

TheRoleofAuthentic
LeadershipinTeamDynamics
2022 PM Retreat
1 Nov 2022

“Withouttrustwedon’ttrulycollaborate;wemerelycoordinate
or,atbest,cooperate.Itistrustthattransformsagroupof
peopleintoateam.”
-StephenCovey:Author7HabitsofHighlyEffectivePeople

Authentic Leadership -Origins
 Reaction to both the Enron and Volkswagen Scandals
 Management acting as they thought management should act
(masking)
 Management not following their own moral compass
 Bill George wrote the first book on the subject
 Authentic Leadership
 Bill George’s second book
 Discovering Your True North
 Brings the theory to a ‘movement’

Whydoweneed Authentic Leadership
 Better Relationships with Colleagues and Teams
 Fosters Higher Levels of Trust
 Increased Productivity
 More Positive Working Environment
 Creates Psychological Safety

TheMasksofLeadership
 Mask of Charisma
 Easily detected
 Reduces trust
 Creates environment of false platitudes
 Mask of Technocracy
 Alienates teams and coworkers
 Leaders seem cold, disinterested
 Mask of Knowledge
 Doesn’t admit mistakes
 Doesn’t like to be questioned
 Doesn’t listen to direct report’s inputs
 Leaders seem cold
 Direct Reports begin to wonder why they even show up

Authentic Leadership isAllowing Yourself tobe
Yourself
 Being the Genuine You
 Exposing your:
 Ethics
 Morals
 Thoughts
 Believes
 Mission
 Can’t just be turned on/off
 So your teams know
 Precisely Who you are
 What you do
 How you do it
 And the processes you use to get there

Becoming anAuthentic Leader
 Committed to Bettering themselves
 Willing to take trainings
 Asking for 360 feedback
 Cultivation of Self Awareness
 Why do I feel this way
 What are my Strengths/Weaknesses
 How am I showing up to Work/the World
 Disciplined
 Insure you complete what you promised
 Communicating with colleagues
 Mission Driven
 Understand your mission
 Personal Mission should align with Business Mission
 Influence your team for a collective purpose
 Inspiring Faith
 Must be willing to take the leap of faith when things are difficult
 Be transparent with your employees to tap into their motivational drivers

Traits ofAuthentic Leadership
 Power
 Source is not from the Hierarchy
 Not from potential rewards to reports
 Influences others by honestly and personality
 Optimism
 Faith that it will all work out for the best
 Research Shows its hard to fake
 Transparency
 Invites trust by establishing honesty
 Allows teams to see your thought process
 Must allow teams to question thought process
 Resiliency
 Admitting and Owning Mistakes and Failures
 Being able to recover from Mistakes and Failures
 Able to rally the team after the issue

HowIOperationalize Transparency
 Question Hour/AMA
 One Hour Meeting held every 2 weeks
 Set on a Monday to help “Set the Tone” for the week
 I cannot give out tasks during this meeting
 I can only accept tasks during this meeting
 If I don’t know the answer, I have until the End of Week to relay to the team
 Everyone is invited, but you don’t have to attend

Authentic Leadership Influence onTeams
 Creates Psychological Safety
 Its okay to fail
 Teams are more likely interact with each other honestly
 Its okay to be transparent
 I don’t have to hide who I am
 Its okay to be who I am
 These all lead to
 More Innovation
 Higher levels of trust
 More Productivity

Authentic Leadership Influence onIndividuals
 Creates Open Dialog
 I am heard
 Individuals feel empowered
 I can question and present ideas
 Individuals feel self efficacy
 I can be more effective at my job
 These all lead to
 Lower turnover
 Greater levels of interaction
 Higher Productivity

“Fearofbeingshamedcausespeopletoputonmasksand
liveinfearandpretense,creatingastrongholdofpride.
Authentic,transparentleadersencouragepeopletodevelop
trustthroughtheirownhonestyandvulnerability.Theydo
notviewtransparencyasweakness,butrecognizeitasa
sourceoftheirvirtue,powerandanointingbecausepower
flowsthroughhumility.”

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