How High-trust Leaders would need to consider Authentic Leadership

No Trust or No Authentic Leaders

They don’t care
Always talk and no committed actions
Avoid the root problems & remediation
Always proud of one’s current knowledge on the business
Show No respect to others
No faith or integrity
Always play around with grey areas
They don’t bother
Directions not clearly defined
Always argued but never come up with conclusion
Office politic
Not get in touch with personal life in business context
Always maintaining psychological distance between peers
Mission & goals not cleared
Results not delivered within target

High-trust Leaders

Not Yet Addressed

Keep commitment
- Don’t break confidences
Confront reality
- Address the tough stuff directly
Get Better
- Be a constant learner
Demonstrate Respect
- Genuinely care for others
- Treat Everyone with respect
Talk straight
- Be honest, tell the truth
Right wrongs
- Don’t cover things up
Not Yet Addressed

Clarify expectations
- Discuss them, validate them
Show loyalty
- Acknowledge the contributions of others
Practice Accountability
- Take responsibility for results
Listen First
- Don’t assume you know what matters most to others
Create transparency
- Be open & authentic
Extend Trust
- Extend trust to those who earned you trust
Deliver Results
- Establish track record of results
- Accomplish what you’re hired to do
- Be on time & within budget


Authentic Leaders

Learning from one’s life story
- Transformative effects
- Discover/passion to lead

Knowing one’s Authentic Self
- Self-awareness; self-explorations
- Can take criticism & not deny it
- Tolerate failures & disappointment
Practicing one’s Values & Principles
- Prepare to sacrifice
- Willing to make trade-off
- Concerns for others
- People are respected for their contribution
Balancing one’s Extrinsic & Intrinsic Motivation
- Live in balance
- Meaning of life
- Address more difficult questions to be successful

Building one’s Support Team
- Help them to stay on course
- Provide affirmation, advice perspective & call for corrections by support team
- Share value & a common purpose

Integrating one’s Life by Staying Grounded
- Lead a balanced life (work / family / community & friends)
- Maintain own sense of equilibrium
- Engage in spiritual practices

Empowering people to lead
- Achieve superior long term results
- Reputation for building relationship
- Attract talents
- Align employees activities with shared goals

Setting Up the Blogspot

Mar 15 is the day to set up my bloger. Life is exciting and full of challenges. Why not we come together and share our experience!