Authentic Leadership

In followership there needs to be a leader that inspires and bonds followers together as a unit moving in one direction. Today’s leader has to be more than someone that was placed in a position of authority, a person with a title and a higher salary level. A real leader is found when the behaviors and attitudes of their

Helping them identify their own strengths and weaknesses is important. Encouraging them to develop confidence and focus goals on their strengths.

In A. L. Evangelista & D. Perlman, Cambridge handbook of personal relationships. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-82617-9

self-monitors either do not possess the ability to mimic behavior or are unwilling to adapt to

“whole” view of themselves (Butman, Jones, 2011, 141). On the contrary, individuals who do not

One of the strengths of this approach is that it highlights that leaders and followers mutually affect each other, making leadership an interactive activity that is not restricted to only a formal leader. At the same time this approach lacks wide empirical research, specificity and conceptual

As adults and mentors we should expect the best from all children, each according to his or her unique abilities. At this same time set realistic expectations, so that the expectations are reachable.

In this paper I shall first raise some objections to the argument and then try to show how it might be improved.

Psyc_6245_wk2_disc1Discussion - Week 2 Positive Self-Esteem and Narcissistic Personality StylesExplanation of the difference between positive self-esteem and narcissistic personality styleBased on Sedikides & Gregg (2002), an individual’s self-esteem is the subjective self-evaluation of himself/ herself as intrinsically positive or negative, which was viewed to have significant implication for psychological functioning. Crisp & Turner (2010) believes that an individual’s self-esteem reflects how positively or negatively they evaluate their self-concept. In other words, self-esteem reflects an individual’s overall subjective emotional evaluation on his orher own worth, and the judgment and attitude toward the self. National Association for Self-Esteem (NASE) (2010)

The study in to the area of followership has been overshadowed by leadership for many years, and continues to lack in research studies to examine this important topic. American culture may be partly responsible for “follower” having a negative connotation. Sayings like “always a leader, never a follower” help to reinforce this idea. Leaders are looked upon as an elite class, while followers are viewed as people who did not achieve.

another person and how the perception of others is the product of how you view

submits and follows wherever reason leads. Put more plainly: in a just individual, the entire soul

With the end of my first term in Cambridge approaches, I will as a future reference, leave this (relatively) short review. If in any case when you have access to this paper, it will have precedence over what I said or implied.

Riggio, R., Chaleff, I., & Lipman-Blumen, J. (Eds) (2008). The Art of Followership How Great Followers Create Great Leaders and Organizations. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass.

perceiver influences his perception of the others. As per Sears it is seeing our own negative personality traits in others. Perceptual Defense : Demonstrated by Haire and Grunes, perceptual defense refers to the fabricating material which will make one avoid removing his stereotypes already held or changing the beliefs held by him or her in perceiving others. It offers and explanation to the perceptual distortions made by people when they are faced with facts inconsistent with their stereotypes. Characteristics of the perceiver The characteristics of the perceiver which enable him to make perceptions are 1. Knowing oneself makes it easier to see other accurately : When a person is aware of his own traits or has insights, he will be making lesser errors while perceiving others. 2. One's own characteristics affect the characteristics he is likely to see in others : The characteristics which are important to one person will also be looked for when he or she makes an opinion about someone. One uses certain fixed factors while judging others and also the weightage one gives to these factors. 3. The person who accepts himself is more likely to be able to see favorable aspects of other people : If the perceiver is aware of