The ASTD Leadership Handbook

Chapter 19

The Authentic Leader

Bill George

In This Chapter

• The qualities of an authentic, principle-driven leader.
• The process by which leaders develop their leadership talents.
• Firsthand accounts of, and lessons from, my own experiences— as well as my contemporaries—as we have explored our own leadership styles.

The world was brought to its knees by the financial collapse of 2008. As politicians and corporate leaders scramble to put the pieces back together, we direly need authentic, principle-driven leaders to lead us back to prosperity. It’s precisely this kind of leader— honest, values-centered, purpose-driven, and disciplined—that ...