Authentic Influence: Three Keys to Building Better Leaders and Workplaces

Authenticity is a buzzword these days, we seem to hear it everywhere. The truth is, it’s more than just a fad. Authenticity is critical for your influence as a leader. Millions of employees are leaving their jobs every month. The fallout from this trend is costly. You know. You’re feeling it. If you want to recruit and retain the best talent, you’ve got to lead differently. You can create a better workplace where people want to work and feel valued by earning followership as a leader of authentic influence. As an authentic leader, you engage as the situation requires in a way that is ethical and true to who you are, aware and accepting of your own strengths and flaws. You become skilled at adapting authentically, with a genuine concern about the outcomes that result from your influence. Influence is one of the most important, yet most under-developed, soft skills in the workplace. It is a subcompetency within the Leadership and Interpersonal Clusters of SHRM’s Professional Competency Model. Authentic influence is increasingly critical to both career and company success. Whether in your role as an HR leader, or as you develop leaders within your organization, the practices introduced in this session will give HR professionals the tools necessary to gain more trust and respect as you elevate your influence and impact.

Learning Objectives:

• Examine the role authenticity plays in influence.
• Recognize how the Impostor Syndrome and Superiority Complex are undermining your authenticity.
• Discover three keys to avoiding these two dangerous extremes and, instead, lead with authentic influence.