Authentic Leadership: When “Being Yourself” Is Not Enough
January 26, 2026
Authentic leadership has become one of the most cited frameworks in executive development. It has also become one of the most misapplied. In popular interpretation, authentic leadership means: be yourself, share your feelings, lead from vulnerability, bring your whole self to work. …
Executive Presence: What It Is and How to Build Quiet Authority
January 19, 2026
Executive presence is the most requested and least defined skill in leadership development. Companies spend millions training leaders on it. Most of those programs teach the wrong thing. The conventional view of executive presence focuses on surface signals: how you stand, how …
