Is authentic leadership really the key ingredient for successful culture change?

The word ‘authentic’ is thrown around a lot with employees and leaders alike being told that they need to be ‘more authentic’. When talking about posting on social media, for example, businesses are told to be authentic. But what does this mean? And how can it affect culture change within a business? Steve Hearsum, who is an author, the Founder of Edge + Stretch and trains change management practitioners and business leaders at global companies, explores these questions. I work with many clients who feel the need to change their culture, and the first problem here is that most fail to define what ‘it’ actually is, nor do they understand the implications of culture change in a couple of key respects. First off, thingification is endemic in organisations, and ‘management...