The Art of Authenticity
Tools to Become an Authentic Leader and Your Best Self
Published on 15. April 2016
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-119-15342-9 (ISBN)
Description
Leverage your authentic self into a valuable leadership strategy
The Art of Authenticity is a guide to becoming a better leader by achieving your best self. All people bring different sides of themselves to various situations. This book will show you how to broaden and deepen your effectiveness by presenting the most appropriate side of yourself. Dr. Karissa Thacker is the management psychologist called on by over two hundred Fortune 500 companies to work with high potential leaders. This book provides you with her expert guidance, based on validated psychological research and artful application of psychological principles to actual business situations, to help you become an authentic leader. You'll learn how to lead through reflection, action, and conscious choice, and how to maintain your guiding principles while effectively leading your team. By replacing habitual reactions with authentic ones, you'll find that you're modeling good behavior and effective decision-making--and that authenticity is contagious. This guide equips you with the tools and skills you need to be the catalyst of positive change your organization needs.
How do you remain authentic while being an effective leader? This book argues that the question isn't a duality. Authenticity is the best way to lead, and the only way to maintain sustainable success as an organization. This insightful guide shows you how to find your authentic self, and leverage that into an effective, executable leadership strategy.
* Become authentic in a way that befits your values
* Show loyalty, honesty, ethics, and consideration
* Maintain authenticity in leadership roles
* Make conscious choices instead of blind reactions
Some are born to lead, other must be taught, but all leaders must work to retain their own values and basic sense of self. A simple pause can mean the difference between a knee-jerk reaction and an authentic decision, and the effects ripple throughout your organization. The Art of Authenticity is your guidebook to finding the true authentic leader within, and leading from the inside out for the long haul.
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Karissa Thacker is the founder and president of Strategic Performance Solutions, Inc., a management-consulting firm focused on creating innovative solutions in the space of human performance and satisfaction at work. She is a widely respected management psychologist who has served as a consultant for over 200 Fortune 500 companies including UPS, Best Buy, and AT&T. She also serves as adjunct faculty at the Lerner School of Business at the University of Delaware.
Content
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1 The Digital Era of Freedom and Fear
THE CALL TO AUTHENTICITY
ON BECOMING MORE AUTHENTIC
THE PARTICULAR CHALLENGES OF NOW AND HOW DID WE GET HERE?
THE DAWN OF THE DIGITAL AGE
DIGITAL ERA= FEAR + FREEDOM
RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGES OF FREEDOM AND FEAR
THE WORK OUTS
Chapter 2 Signature Contributions versus Conformity
CELEBRATE YOUR QUIRKS
THE MORE EXPERIMENTS THE BETTER
THE UPSIDE OF YOUR WEAKNESSES
MEANING MATTERS
THE LEADERSHIP LAB EXPERIMENTS
Chapter 3 Truth, Lies and Authenticity
SEEING THE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
KILLING THE DEAD BUG VIEW OF TRUTH
BIG FAT WHOPPERS AND SWEET LITTLE LIES
THE TRUTH ABOUT AUTHENTICITY
THE LEADERSHIP LAB EXPERIMENTS
Chapter 4 Followers Beware. . .Of Charisma
THE PERCEIVED POWER OF CHARISMA
TWO FLAVORS OF CHARISMA
CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER
THE AUTHENTICITY CONTINUUM
THE WORK OUTS
Chapter 5 Self-Awareness or Is It Selves Awareness?
SELVES AWARENESS AND THE CASE OF THE BOSSY CFO
ARE YOU A CHAMELEON?
FIXED TRAITS, FREE TRAITS, AND REAL PEOPLE
THE IDEAL SELF, THE CURRENT SELF, AND LOTS IN BETWEEN
THE WORK OUTS
Chapter 6 Balanced Processing and Collaborative Decision Making
GET IN BALANCED PROCESSING GEAR OR NOT
THREE TRICKY WORDS FOR LEADERS
HIRE A BRILLIANT ANTAGONIST OR THREE
KNOW AND OWN ALL YOUR BIASES
HAVE A BIG EGO AND PUT IT ON THE SHELF
THE WORK OUTS
Chapter 7 Relational Transparency and Honest Conversations
THE MYTH OF TOTAL TRANSPARENCY
THE AGE OF TRANSPARENCY
GENERAL PRACTICAL RULES OF THE TRANSPARENCY ROAD
THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSPARENCY
THE WORK OUTS
Chapter 8 Internalized Moral Perspective/ An Active Unique GPS System
PRISONS, ORDERLY STAGES, AND ELEPHANTS
PUTTING UP PSYCHOLOGICAL GUARDRAILS
THE ONE THING
THE WORK OUTS
Chapter 9 The Centrality of Conscious Choice
Debunking Popeye's Version of Authenticity
The Reality of Authenticity
CHOOSING AUTHENTIC ACTION
CHOOSE TO EXPERIMENT
CHOOSE TO NOTICE THE NOVEL
IN CLOSING
THE WORK OUTS
Chapter 10 How to Read Culture Like an Anthropologist
PRACTICAL ANTHROPOLOGY VIA IPHONE
IS THE ORGANIZATION WORKING TO BE MORE AUTHENTIC?
FIGURING OUT FIT
THE MINDSET OF A CORPORATE ANTHROPOLOGIST
THE WORK OUTS
Chapter 11 How to Make Peace with Paradox
WHO ARE YOU (REALLY)?
THREE SELVES THAT WON'T MAGICALLY ALIGN
AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP IS A STATE OF MIND
THE WORK OUTS:
Chapter 12 How to Ferociously Seek the Truth (When Everyone is Framing and Spinning)
THE TRUTH SERUM QUESTION
THE TRUST METER IS ALWAYS RUNNING
IN SEARCH OF A VIRTUE BUZZ
Self-Defining Moments
THE FINAL WORK-OUTS
Conclusion
Notes
Index