Authentic leaders show their humanity, admit their mistakes, ask for help, and don't act like they know what they are doing when, in fact, they haven't a clue. Trust comes from the vulnerability found in authentic relationships. The leader understands that the enterprise exists to provide meaningful work and opportunities to learn and grow for employees as well as to provide a product or service for customers and financial returns for investors. Followers respond to leaders they perceive as servants who care. They do not respond to those they perceive as villains out only for themselves.
New leaders are artists at heart.
They work in harmony with life's natural creative dynamic. The innovator breaks the rules and challenges the boundaries with imagination that is daring, original, and perceptive. They understand that change requires new learning and growth, not mechanical programs. The leader's job is to anticipate and have foresight. The artist creates the vision, the big goal, the inspirational destination for the future.