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Authenticity may be the most important trait of successful leaders

Trying-on new approaches, testing new ways of communicating are all part of the process. Don't hesitate to experiment. As long as you keep it "real"

... Until they know how much you care. Want to be a great leader? Go to bat for your people and watch them go to bat for you.

Don't care? Neither will they.

... Until they know how much you care. Want to be a great leader? Go to bat for your people and watch them go to bat for you.

Don't care? Neither will they.

You just destroyed the business plans of several thousand self-help gurus holed up in various Marriott hotel conference rooms nationwide. Really. This is great stuff. Thanks!

I heard a similar speech by a priest who spoke of another priest: Once you know a man like him, you have two alternatives: either the envy, or you learn from him!

But if in your life, you don't encounter any great man?

is it a good thing a boss show any interest in personal life of his/her staffs? Personally, I do not like my boss to pay attention to my personal life. I like to keep two world separate.

as I call it is what happens when people take on management roles and go to leadership academies etc.

Many times I have a hard time understanding what they attempting to communicate. I am a manager and I use the 'authentic' approach. It seems to work well for my small team. When I go to large scale meetings and speak, some people look at me is if I was speaking a foreign language.