Authentic Leadership

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Authentic Leadership
Newsweek
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summary
This video is an interview with Bill George, the author of the "True North", and Main idea of this video is the meaning of authentic leadership and the way to realize it.
Mr. George explain the Authentic leadership is follow the rule which you think right. In other words, authentic leaders always act according to their conscience. However many leaders have failed to be authentic, as there are a lot of lures in business field which have leaders make wrong dicisions. Also he point out the position of leader is not open to everyone, nor is authentic leadership, and female authentic leaders are unusual.
In addtion, the interviewee told that changing his workplace from the Honeywell, a computer making company, to the Medtronic, his right former company, was his turnig point for thinking about authentic leadership, as the later is more good to make close relationship with employee, to work enthusiastically and to show authentic leadership.

Opinion
This video is helpful to understand the concept of authentic leadership, which is unusual for most people. Also it is reliable, as the interviewee is an author of a book and eminent businessman. However, the concept of authentic leadership is abstract, so it is doubtful that this concept is helpful in the business field. Also, english of this video is too fast to understand.