Only authentic leaders seek to improve their self-awareness, because the truth be told, under the surface none of us are really that great.

The greater the influence, the greater the necessity to cultivate patience and humility.

The currency of authentic leadership is transparency.

The basics of authentic leadership can be acquired by anyone who puts their mind to learning them.

How we say what we say is way more than what we say.

Humanity is to work for humanity. True authentic leaders work for the humans entrusted to their care.

The best leaders don’t have a specific personality; they are authentic to the personality they own and seek to improve it daily.

Authentic leaders ensure the first focus of every remote meeting is the person on the screen.

Authentic leaders are in it for the long haul.

Authentic leaders realize the bonding strength of stories and create opportunities for sharing.

An authentic leader, instead of striving for the supremacy, will seek an understanding heart, to discern between right and wrong.

Authentic leaders expend energy when it isn’t required to protect energy when it is needed the most.

In order to address strife appropriately, it is important to understand what prompts it: selfishness, pride, and self-sufficiency.

Sometimes being disliked is an indication you stood up for the right in the face of opposition.

Those who regard their own judgment as supreme will fail. Guaranteed.

What you believe about your people in your inner thoughts dictates how you treat them, which will provide a high or low bar they will reach.

It is better to fall forward than to choose to be stagnant or paralyzed.

The fact that we observe more bullies than leaders tells us it is easier to be a bully than a leader. So how can you ensure you are a leader

One of the easiest ways to compound a problem is to not go to the source.

Leaders must be willing to do what’s uncomfortable. If the leader won’t do it, nobody will.