I want to say that authenticity, in my opninon, is probably one of the most important if not the most important leadership skills our future leaders will be asked to address. Our new workforce known as Generation Y places a very high value on their leaders living authentically, and they can smell a fake a mile away, so not being authentic is what will damage a leader’s credibility in the future.

Many leaders shy away from talking about authenticity, because the word often conjures up images of a leader being weak or soft or touchy-feely or airing their dirty laundry to the public or exposing their problems openly to employees or constituents. They immediately equate authenticity with the image of lying on a therapist’s couch “bearing it all” and a fear of their secrets being exposed. But this is not what authenticity is about.

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