2. AUTHENTIC
I'm best when I'm being me.
They think that in order to maintain the confidence of their team, they must appear faultless, flawless, and ever wise. Yet most organizations need an authentic leader, not a perfect one.
But our organization doesn't need a leader with cool hair and skinny jeans. They need someone they can trust and follow. That can only happen if I embrace who I am rather than try to be someone else.
Ambition beckons us to be the person we think everyone else wants us to be. That person is usually different than who we truly are. If we don't learn to be content with who God has made us and called us to be, then we will never reach our potential as influencers.
Usually, the leader is the only person who doesn't realize how uncomfortable the're making everyone else.
These urges typically come when we enter places where we feel we don't belong.
When you find yourself in such situations and feel the urge to pretend you're someone else, resist it. The best person you can be in that moment is the one you already are.
New media encourages us to be "on" all the time, and in such a setting, authenticity requires intentionality.
Authenticity trumps professionalism!
Today, authenticity is not just expected; it's required.
With looking at yourself in the mirror and saying to your reflection, "I'm okay with who I am. God made me this way for a reason."
Today's leaders must develop the art of self-awareness. We must grow comfortable with who we are before we can share that person with others.
No one wants to work for someone who seems unaware of his or her faults, failures, and weaknesses.
Authenticity is the new authority in leadership. Sharing your failures and weaknesses is crucial to letting people in and empowering you to lead well.
It's okay for those around you to see your weaknesses. We don't have to be perfect, but to be catalyst leaders, we'd better be authentic.
Many leaders today feel great pressure to succeed, and as a result, create and accept a pseudoself.
We won't reach our full potential by investing energy into creating false versions of ourselves.
None of us should be ashamed to reach out and ask for help.
Leaders who are willing to share honestly about their own struggles immediately gain influence.
Faithfulness is a key to being a great leader.
Stand strong when others criticize them and to stand firm when everyone else may be moving in a different direction.
Authentic leaders have to be approachable and real.
We are authentic, humble, and personable.
When you are in a hurry or think someone isn't worth your time, remember that you were once in that position.
When you're small, act big. And when you're big, act small.
Practices to cultivate authenticity: Practice self-awareness; Question yourself (self-diagnosis can lead to self-discovery, which is the only path to authenticity.); Move from self-promotion to storytelling; Resist the urge to create a digital alter ego; Learn to laugh at yourself; Build a support network (Keep honest people in your life that can help you stay grounded and keep from thinking you've arrived.); Be interested over interesting (Be more concerned with listening instead of talking. Focus on others, not yourself.).
"You can't love people and influence them unless you are close to them. Upclose means you can see my warts. You can impress people from a distance, but you can only influence them up close."
This means being willing to hear things you don't like without getting defensive.
Being ourselves is more uncomfortable and difficult than we'd like to admit.
Be strong in grace. Your grace, your gift, your ability, who God's called you to be, just be yourself.... Don't be anybody else, don't compare yourself, just be you. If "you" is not everybody's cup of tea, then don't worry about it.
Be who you are. when we attempt to be someone else, we allow fear to control our lives.
You have to admit your fears in order to accept who you are and grow into the leader you want to become.
Treat others as you would want to be treated, and never compromise what you know is right.
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