{"id":247,"date":"2018-11-10T09:29:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T13:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/?p=247"},"modified":"2018-11-09T13:02:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T17:02:05","slug":"response-to-dawnes-to-thine-own-self-be-true-light-from-many-lamps-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/2018\/11\/10\/response-to-dawnes-to-thine-own-self-be-true-light-from-many-lamps-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Response to dawnES &#8211; \u201cTo Thine Own Self be True\u201d \u2013 Light from Many Lamps Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QyuqHnRTmW\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/leadinnovation\/2018\/11\/04\/to-thine-own-self-be-true-light-from-many-lamps-part-5\/\">&#8220;To Thine Own Self be True&#8221; &#8211; Light from Many Lamps Part 5<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;&#8220;To Thine Own Self be True&#8221; &#8211; Light from Many Lamps Part 5&#8221; &#8212; Lead - Innovate - Revolutionize\" src=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/leadinnovation\/2018\/11\/04\/to-thine-own-self-be-true-light-from-many-lamps-part-5\/embed\/#?secret=RjDSCtjd0P#?secret=QyuqHnRTmW\" data-secret=\"QyuqHnRTmW\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dawn, your post on authentic leadership is so helpful. I&#8217;ve been navigating a bit of the challenge of understanding authentic leadership vs. transformational leadership and how those two can be seen as distinct. Your post really brought some clarity for me and I&#8217;m very grateful for that. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>As far as your question at the end of your post, the tension between a leader&#8217;s desire for relationship with those around them with the reality that too much transparency may reduce the authority of the leader is very real. I know I struggle with that as a leader. Although I don&#8217;t have a definitive answer I have learned along the way that those around us already know we have weaknesses. Sometimes they see our weaknesses more clearly than we do! The first admission is that I&#8217;m not perfect, I have areas where I struggle and I promise that I will let you down as a leader.<\/p>\n<p>I have found over time that in leadership relationships where I am willing to make that assumption, those around me rally with support, encouragement and increased commitment to the cause. Areas where I have weaknesses can be strengthened by others around me.<\/p>\n<p>The difficulty is leanring to not be threatened or ashamed of those around us who have different strengths and who compensate for our weakness. This is the internal work that a leader has to go through to develop empathy, compassion and courage while managing this tension of desire for relationship and fear of transparency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;To Thine Own Self be True&#8221; &#8211; Light from Many Lamps Part 5 Dawn, your post on authentic leadership is so helpful. I&#8217;ve been navigating a bit of the challenge of understanding authentic leadership vs. transformational leadership and how those two can be seen as distinct. Your post really brought some clarity for me and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/2018\/11\/10\/response-to-dawnes-to-thine-own-self-be-true-light-from-many-lamps-part-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Response to dawnES &#8211; \u201cTo Thine Own Self be True\u201d \u2013 Light from Many Lamps Part 5&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,53,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ldrs500","category-light-from-many-lamps","category-unit-6"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}