Authentic Leadership: Reflection on Characteristics and Benefits

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Leadership
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Authentic leadership
Leadership is a skill, which is used for solving problems and it set an example for others.
Good leaders are always helpful for others in their problems. May be it will related to the health,
wealth and anything else. There are different types of leaderships for managing the work.
Leadership is a combination of different skills, which can be useful for decision-making
capabilities (Ainscow & Sandill, 2010).
I have been in the healthcare world from last ten years. I have worked with many doctors
and mangers in this field. I have learnt a common thing with each one that leaders are dealing
different situations with emotional upheavals trying to manage their career as well as families.
There are many bad days in this field, which is a reason of mood swings and stress. I remember
as a staff doctor hiding in room to avoid the emotional outburst of my seniors. This type of roles
is making me frightened. I always respect this type of person, which are easily handling such
type of stress (Clapp-Smith, Vogelgesang, & Avey, 2009).
Authentic leaders contribute their efforts for healthier work environment around them.
They are also described as effective leaders, which are always effective for growing the
workplace environment. All things are promote patients care. There are four basic characteristics
of an authentic leader, which are self-awareness, behavior, transparency in relation and
information processing (Day, Fleenor, Atwater, Sturm, & McKee, 2014).
Authentic leader is having these traits in their personality as mention below:
 Self-awareness
 Lead with heart
 Focus on long-term results
 Integrity
 Lead with vision
 Listening skills
 Transparency
 Consistency
 Share success with the team