authentic leaders traits
many traits, skills, and styles
genuine, authentic voice
characteristics of an authentic leader
passion for their purpose, practice their values consistently, lead with their hearts as well as their heads, style of leadership emerges from life stories
what is the relevance of one's life story to authentic leadership
both positive and negative experiences, courage to examine experiences
what are values and principles and what is the relationship between them?
values: discover under pressure, experience
principles: values translated into action
integrated life means?
be able to be the same person in all aspects of life (personal, work, family, friends, community)
what is the difference in focus between leader and manager?
leadership: cope with change (vision, set direction, motivate, inspire, energize, appeal to needs and emotions)
management: cope with complexity (planning, budgeting, organization, staffing, controlling, problem solving)
what are the elements of emotional intelligence and how are they relevant to business leadership?
self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, social skill
ability to work with others, ability to motivate others, effectiveness in leading change
two parts of identity
facticity and transcendence
facticity
what is
transcendence
what is possible
what is a balance between facticity and transcendence called?
authenticity
what is an imbalance between facticity and transcendence called?
bad faith
what are the four types of power?
power-to
power-with
oppression
resignation
authentic forms of power
power-to and power-with
bad faith forms of power
oppression and resignation
other word for oppression
domination
other word for resignation
conformity
what are enablers and disablers?
what helps or does not help being able to voice your values (example: having allies, having critical information, knowing answers to expected questions)
idealists
attempt to act on their moral ideals no matter what
pragmatists
seek balance between material welfare and their moral ideals
opportunists
driven exclusively by their own material welfare
implicit bias
refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner
key takeaway from the bias-of-crowds model
bias often reveals more about the workplace environment than about the individual
what to organizations have to focus on to improve diversity
structural change
what are the effects of genders language?
implicit bias towards/against women (policeman, mailman, fireman)
what are elements of a learning culture?
the best culture possible has these certain elements
what are Kofman's conclusions about how to address workplace discrimination?
change processes not people
prioritize process change and stick to it
provide resources and incentives for changed management
vulnerability
uncertainty, risk, emotional exposure
it's not a weakness
why is shame problematic as a management tool?
bullying, criticism in front of colleagues, public reprimands, rewards systems intentionally belittle people
what is authority, according to Palmer?
author" your own words, actions, life
not playing a script
not coercive power