Authenticity is the healthy alignment between internal values, beliefs and external behaviour. Leadership success starts with Authenticity, doing your job without compromising your values and Personality. As its root, Authentic leadership is all about consistently behaving with Integrity.
Authentic Leadership ,A view – Podcast with Mr.Adil Farooq Qureshi { the views expressed are solely his views and do not represent any one else’s}
He is leading Finance and corporate divisions in a company and strongly believes in growing together. That’s why, he is a leader and passionate about people development through learning, listening and Harmonizing. He stands by example that how learning can be done without challenges i.e we are not dependent on life turning stories to create opportunities.
What is Authentic Leadership in your view?
Everybody is a leader by default, because leadership is influencing, we are influencing everyday with every interactions.
“Authenticity is the best version of yourselves in to the world. It is not the best version that you show to the outside world, it is accepting your positive and negative alike, so that you can able to accept the positive & no-positive of others. It doesn’t start without self-acceptance” – Adil Farooq Qureshi
“ We speak with words but if we take out the words, what remains is Action,
If we take out the action, what remains is intention,
If we take out the intention, what remains is most Authentic self, Your most natural self.
When we put your most natural self, that’s where you become a leader in the flow- Authentic leader” – Adil Farooq Qureshi
What are the Potential challenges for being an Authentic leader?
“If any part of your own self is not clear of clarity, is broken there, its not only harmful to you but also others”- Adil Farooq Qureshi
Tips to develop Authenticity:
Self-awareness is the beginning of Authentic Leadership, so that you can lead with flow.
“ As a leader, you can lead with flow which is sustained by practicing your own self and it is enhanced by knowing your intentions and targets and act accordingly”- Adil Farooq Qureshi
He has shared many valuable insights with practical examples of being Authentic. Listen the full episode to know more.
He quoted about leadership which he had read in Harvard Article, “Leadership is a conversation, sometimes conversation takes the form of words, sometimes, it creates form of silience”
He ends with sharing an interesting news about galaxies & universe.
“ Take a dream stream at doctorgko.com”- Adil Farooq Qureshi
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