Authentic leadership
Authentic leadership refers to the legitimacy of a leader, which is formed through honest relationships with their followers. Authentic leaders are said to be positive, open people who are also perceived as truthful. Politicians by stereotype are rarely referred to as authentic. Common adjectives for politicians usually include the words untrustworthy, conniving and misleading, all of which would not be characteristics of an authentic leader. Clinton has had many scandals surround his career most famously the Lewinsky Scandal. As mentioned previously, the revelation to the public that Clinton was indeed a philanderer did not seem to hinder him in his personal approval ratings. This may indeed have less to do with his qualities regarding emotional leadership and more so his authentic leadership style. …show more content…
“He has that extra special quality that he seems like our friend, quite different to those leaders that come across distant, aloof, robotic and dictatorial.” (Reardon,
Authentic leadership refers to the legitimacy of a leader, which is formed through honest relationships with their followers. Authentic leaders are said to be positive, open people who are also perceived as truthful. Politicians by stereotype are rarely referred to as authentic. Common adjectives for politicians usually include the words untrustworthy, conniving and misleading, all of which would not be characteristics of an authentic leader. Clinton has had many scandals surround his career most famously the Lewinsky Scandal. As mentioned previously, the revelation to the public that Clinton was indeed a philanderer did not seem to hinder him in his personal approval ratings. This may indeed have less to do with his qualities regarding emotional leadership and more so his authentic leadership style. …show more content…
“He has that extra special quality that he seems like our friend, quite different to those leaders that come across distant, aloof, robotic and dictatorial.” (Reardon,