THE POWER OF AUTHENTICITY — PART #1
By: Josh Sarkar, M Sc, M Tech
Tags: Innovation, Leadership, Authenticity, Teamwork, Relationships

THE POWER OF AUTHENTICITY — PART #1

“Be yourself - everyone else is already taken."

Oscar Wilde

"The most important gift we can give ourselves is the commitment to living our authentic life. To be true to ourselves, however, is not an easy task. We must break free of the seductions of society and live life on our own terms, under our own values and aligned with our original dreams. We must tap our hidden selves; explore the deep-seated unseen hopes, desires, strengths and weaknesses that make us who we are. We have to understand where we have been and where we are going. Every decision we make, every step we take, must be informed by our commitment to living a life that is true and honest and authentic to ourselves and ourselves alone. And as we proceed, we are certain to experience fortune well beyond our highest imagination."

(Robin Sharma)

THE BUSINESS CASE FOR BEING AUTHENTIC

Recent researches in related fields support the author's decades of International experience in Leadership Development that, Collective Authenticity:

(1) Helps create an Organizational Culture of Inclusion - an open, honest, and responsive environment :

(a) Where all employees feel free to be themselves at work - irrespective of their beliefs or backgrounds; and they feel welcome and integrated in the team; and

(b) Where people, teams, and their leaders feel free to be vulnerable and share their true feelings.

(2) Improves communication, connection, and trust;

(3) Enhances emotional intelligence (EQ);

(4) Challenges people, leaders, and teams to step out of their comfort zones;

(5) Helps people effectively deal with conflicts and engage in difficult conversations; and

(6)All of the above combine to act as catalysts for increased levels of creativity and innovation

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ABOUT: The Author

Josh Sarkar,

B Sc(Hons), M Tech(Cal), M Sc(Edin), MBA(Gla)

In his early career, Josh was responsible for leading Innovation and Process Transformation within Philips, which involved the interception and integration of leading edge technologies in order to secure and sustain product and market leadership.

Josh’s work took him across Europe - developing and facilitating multi-nation, multi-function and multi-cultural teams, made up of outstandingly talented individuals.

In his subsequent career - working as a Leadership Coach and Transformation Catalyst with heads of multinational conglomerates (such as Sun Microsystems, ICI, Cookson, Tyco Keystone, CTD/St Gobain, and others); Public Service Authorities, owner managers and key staff at all levels - in well over one hundred organizations of all types and sizes - secure significant successes in Key Areas of their Operations.

Over the past decade Josh has been spending an increasing percentage of his time ‘Giving back’ - mostly but not exclusively to unemployed and under-employed graduates and senior executives within the voluntary sector.

Josh spends a few winter weeks every year in India with a mission to give back to the Nation which gave him so much in his formative years.

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