Authentic leadership

Humans are drawn to authenticity. In the workplace, it’s well established that authenticity can impact directly on employee engagement, job satisfaction, and performance.

People generally want to be engaged and committed to what they're doing, to feel as if their work matters and to believe in their leaders. Authenticity plays a key role in building the confidence, loyalty and trust needed to connect leaders with their team whilst a lack of openness, trust and follow though, can result in uncomfortable working relationships.

By being genuine, self-aware and transparent, an authentic leader displays who they are as a person and can share their sense of purpose so employees become happier, more comfortable, and more productive.

In the post pandemic world, organisations of all sizes will benefit from authentic leaders who behave with integrity and consistency and can build the relationships needed to overcome current and future challenges to move their business forward.