Authentic Leadership

Name: Authentic Leadership
Brand: Ascent Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Harvard Business Review
ISBN: 9781663722447

Author: Harvard Business Review

Series: HBR Emotional Intelligence

Narrator: Daniel Henning, Rachel Perry

Unabridged: 1 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 12/20/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, Business & Economics

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

What does it mean to be yourself at work? As a leader, how do you strike the right balance between vulnerability and authority?

This book explains the role of authenticity in emotionally intelligent leadership. You'll learn how to discover your authentic self, when emotional responses are appropriate, how conforming to specific standards can hurt you, and when you need to feel like a fake.

This volume includes the work of: Bill George, Herminia Ibarra, Rob Goffee, and Gareth Jones.

This collection of articles includes: "Discovering Your Authentic Leadership" by Bill George, Peter Sims, Andrew N. McLean, and Diana Mayer; "The Authenticity Paradox" by Herminia Ibarra; "What Bosses Gain by Being Vulnerable" by Emma Seppala; "Practice Tough Empathy" by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones; "Cracking the Code That Stalls People of Color" by Sylvia Ann Hewitt; "For a Corporate Apology to Work, the CEO Should Look Sad" by Sarah Green Carmichael; and "Are Leaders Getting Too Emotional?," an interview with Gautam Mukunda and Gianpiero Petriglieri by Adi Ignatius and Sarah Green Carmichael.

About Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, twelve international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tessa on December 01, 2024

LOVE LOVE LOVE!! This book was so good and really helped me realize what I must do to become a leader!!......more

Goodreads review by Katie on May 29, 2020

Not your traditional leadership book! Dan's book makes many great points on how to be an authentic leader but also leaves room for the reality that, we won't always get it right. The book leaves me feeling like I had a good talk with a friend instead of an intense leadership training.......more

Goodreads review by Molls on January 04, 2024

Authentic Leadership lays out what it means to be a an excellent leader. It helps you not only see how to lead others, but how to lead yourself. This book helped me to recognize certain things in my own life that need to be corrected about myself before I can rally people together. It encourages me......more

Goodreads review by Kahea on March 21, 2025

Loved his blend of using Christian Principles to connect what it takes to be an Authentic Leader. This book was not what I expected but I came away pleased with its content and takeaways. There are great life lessons that he contextualizes to help sink his main topics. I believe any reader of his wi......more

Goodreads review by Marko on March 06, 2025

This book is a must-read, especially for those starting their leadership journey. It's rife with an intermingling of moving examples from the author's life and broader examples from genres you don't always see cited in leadership material. The value of this book is in the doing. It is also an easy r......more