Here we compare Authentic Leadership with the following using a trait focus
Trait
The trait approach has a big emphasis on openness from the Big 5 Factors in being a successful leader, which connects with the relational transparency that authentic leadership possess. Another key trait is integrity, which plays a huge role in the trust that your followers hold. Without authentic leadership and trust, there would be no integrity in the trait approach. The trait approach differs in the fact that traits are innate, where as authentic leadership traits can be nurtured and developed over a lifetime.
Emotional Intelligence
Authentic Leadership and Emotional Intelligence both utilize self-awareness to reflect on one’s core values, identity, emotions, and motives. Being aware and trusting your own feelings are a huge portion of succeeding in each leadership style. Being able to apply emotions to life’s tasks creates a genuine leadership that applies values and morals to leadership. Both leadership approaches act from the heart and their emotions. Without self-awareness of authentic leadership, people would not be able to utilize their emotional intelligence properly.
The trait approach has a big emphasis on openness from the Big 5 Factors in being a successful leader, which connects with the relational transparency that authentic leadership possess. Another key trait is integrity, which plays a huge role in the trust that your followers hold. Without authentic leadership and trust, there would be no integrity in the trait approach. The trait approach differs in the fact that traits are innate, where as authentic leadership traits can be nurtured and developed over a lifetime.
Emotional Intelligence
Authentic Leadership and Emotional Intelligence both utilize self-awareness to reflect on one’s core values, identity, emotions, and motives. Being aware and trusting your own feelings are a huge portion of succeeding in each leadership style. Being able to apply emotions to life’s tasks creates a genuine leadership that applies values and morals to leadership. Both leadership approaches act from the heart and their emotions. Without self-awareness of authentic leadership, people would not be able to utilize their emotional intelligence properly.
Path-Goal Theory
Task situations within the path-goal theory require leader involvement to fulfill that theory. Authentic leadership helps build cohesiveness and create a supportive environment. The trait that would be present for this would mirror that of a leader who genuinely wants to accomplish a goal. Without the leaders involvement there would be no motivation. Looking at from the perspective where authentic leadership wasn't present, there would be almost no motivation, or even arguments that could occur. Authentic leaders show this motivation through their passionate desire to complete reach the goal. Although each of the leadership, a leader who is genuinely tied to completing the task is going to be the most effective at leading the group.
Transformational Theory
While Transformational Leadership focuses on the leader tending to the needs and motives of followers, an increase in motivation and morality is necessary is necessary to see followers go above and beyond what is required. That can only be present if the leader focuses on the relation with followers with an internalized moral perspective. As Bill George’s research showed, a characteristic of Authentic leaders is establishing trusting relations with others and having strong values about the right thing to do. Without ethical values, the morality of followers would not increase as Transformational Leadership says.
The developmental approach of Authentic Leadership also focuses on creating leaders and believing that leadership is not a fixed value where any person can be nurtured into a not just a stronger follower, but also a leader.
Task situations within the path-goal theory require leader involvement to fulfill that theory. Authentic leadership helps build cohesiveness and create a supportive environment. The trait that would be present for this would mirror that of a leader who genuinely wants to accomplish a goal. Without the leaders involvement there would be no motivation. Looking at from the perspective where authentic leadership wasn't present, there would be almost no motivation, or even arguments that could occur. Authentic leaders show this motivation through their passionate desire to complete reach the goal. Although each of the leadership, a leader who is genuinely tied to completing the task is going to be the most effective at leading the group.
Transformational Theory
While Transformational Leadership focuses on the leader tending to the needs and motives of followers, an increase in motivation and morality is necessary is necessary to see followers go above and beyond what is required. That can only be present if the leader focuses on the relation with followers with an internalized moral perspective. As Bill George’s research showed, a characteristic of Authentic leaders is establishing trusting relations with others and having strong values about the right thing to do. Without ethical values, the morality of followers would not increase as Transformational Leadership says.
The developmental approach of Authentic Leadership also focuses on creating leaders and believing that leadership is not a fixed value where any person can be nurtured into a not just a stronger follower, but also a leader.
Servant Leadership Theory
Servant leadership requires putting followers first and seeing to their needs first. This helps increase follower receptivity and create stronger relationships between the follower and the leader. This helps to build trust, a key component of Authentic Leadership from an interpersonal perspective. It also stimulates personal growth another core value of Authentic Leadership.
Servant leadership requires putting followers first and seeing to their needs first. This helps increase follower receptivity and create stronger relationships between the follower and the leader. This helps to build trust, a key component of Authentic Leadership from an interpersonal perspective. It also stimulates personal growth another core value of Authentic Leadership.
Social Change Model
This model requires the connection between individual values, societal/community values, and group values. From an intrapersonal perspective, individual values must be defined through self-knowledge, self-regulation, and self-concept. These developments have to be in favor of the group and positive social change. Those who attach their experiences and develop a stronger meaning are more likely to be a more dominant influence and drive the collective effort.
This model requires the connection between individual values, societal/community values, and group values. From an intrapersonal perspective, individual values must be defined through self-knowledge, self-regulation, and self-concept. These developments have to be in favor of the group and positive social change. Those who attach their experiences and develop a stronger meaning are more likely to be a more dominant influence and drive the collective effort.
Ethics
Doing the right thing is the focus of ethics and behind Robert Terry’s Authentic Action Wheel, the Meaning aspect incorporates the guiding values, principles and ethics. Without this, the very existence of an organization comes into play. For this reason, ethic are very important to the foundation of a group.
Bill George from the practical theory’s research found that many of their own values and how those translate into behaviors to help guide followers. Values and virtues are important to ethics because they explain why someone is driven to do what they do.
Culture & Leadership Approach
The Culture and Leadership approach has 5 cross-cultural competencies for leaders that are focused around learning about different cultures, working with those people, and focusing on equality as opposed to superiority. Bill George’s third characteristic of authentic leadership is a focus on strong relationships. In this case it is with other cultures. Establishing connections develops a sense of trust and decreases the mental distance between the cultures.
Doing the right thing is the focus of ethics and behind Robert Terry’s Authentic Action Wheel, the Meaning aspect incorporates the guiding values, principles and ethics. Without this, the very existence of an organization comes into play. For this reason, ethic are very important to the foundation of a group.
Bill George from the practical theory’s research found that many of their own values and how those translate into behaviors to help guide followers. Values and virtues are important to ethics because they explain why someone is driven to do what they do.
Culture & Leadership Approach
The Culture and Leadership approach has 5 cross-cultural competencies for leaders that are focused around learning about different cultures, working with those people, and focusing on equality as opposed to superiority. Bill George’s third characteristic of authentic leadership is a focus on strong relationships. In this case it is with other cultures. Establishing connections develops a sense of trust and decreases the mental distance between the cultures.