Quotes About Authenticity

Authenticity is critical to leadership. That means trying to be yourself - this involves some self-disclosure, admitting what you don't know and being willing to ask questions.

Ultimately, leadership is more about 'being' than 'doing.'

Leadership is a dare - and the dare is, 'Are you willing to show up?'

One of my great mistakes coming up, since I was a kid from wrong side of the tracks, and fearful that I might be seen as wanting leadership-wise, was to be someone I was not.

Leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.

All you need to do is know who you are.

We need somebody with a proven track record of competence, leadership and what you see is what you get.

Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.

Originality is so hip and cool, but to be original you must dare to be corny.

It's very different to live with a mask.

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody knows that but you.

Don't take purposeless people as your leaders. Their life is like an empty book with a nice cover paper and you have attempted to buy it. Of which use will it be to you for you to read blank pages.

Authentic leaders are often accused of being "controlling" by those who idly sit by and do nothing

It's not about who you think you know, but about who actually knows you.

Be the leader that doesn´t need a title to be followed.

Good leadership isn't about what you say but what you do.

Be a leader with exceptional qualities, not deceptive qualities".

Fashion you can buy, but style you possess. The key to style is learning who you are, which takes years. There's no how-to road map to style. It's about self-expression and, above all, attitude.

Learning always involves self-transcendence. Learning calls forth what is in us, helping us to move toward authenticity and wholeness.

We can learn to be whole by saying what we mean and doing what we say.

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

Learn to express, not impress.

You don't learn to write by going through a series of preset writing exercises. You learn to write by grappling with a real subject that truly matters to you.

In cooperative learning, you have a purposeful, meaningful, and authentic context in which children can sharpen their communicative skills.