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Podcast: Leadership Article Review Podcast
Episode: Authentic Leadership: Building an Ethical Culture for Long-Term Success, by Jonathan H. Westover PhD
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Abstract: This article explores how authentic leadership can positively impact organizational culture by building an ethical foundation, fostering psychological safety, and maximizing employee engagement. Authentic leadership is defined as leadership that is transparently self-aware, guided by strong internal values, and considers the needs of all stakeholders. The article argues that a disconnect between leadership rhetoric and reality can undermine trust and damage culture, but authentic leadership can align rhetoric and reality. It is discussed how authentic leaders establish an ethical culture by defining and modeling core values. Examples are provided of how authentic leadership fosters psychological safety so employees...