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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in enhancing your leadership skills with a focus on authenticity and emotional intelligence. It provides insightful perspectives on how leaders can balance their true selves with organisational demands, offering practical strategies and research-backed insights for those looking to inspire and engage their teams more effectively. Perfect for anyone seeking to merge personal values with professional leadership for greater impact.
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Creating an authentic leadership style that aligns with your personal values and character can have a host of benefits. However, when faced with uncertainty, conflict, and cultural expectations, many struggle to show their vulnerability while still appearing authoritative. Authentic Leadership demonstrates how leaders and aspiring leaders alike can work effectively with their teams while staying true to themselves. You'll learn from the latest research who is most at risk of feeling inauthentic, what this means for your credibility and your team's engagement, and how to decide when to be yourself and when to adapt to fit your organisation's needs.
How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features insightful and essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research on how emotions influence our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on tending to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills critical for ambitious professionals to master.
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9781633693913
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 December 2017
Country: United States
Imprint: Harvard Business Review Press
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 177.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 13 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.
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