Developing Leadership Authenticity and Credibility

Whether with peers, managers, direct reports, or even those outside of the workplace, credibility is defined as competence plus character. Building those two traits simultaneously and with excellence is critical for today's managers as relational credibility inspires loyalty and followership.

There is growing evidence to suggest that current leaders in most industries are held back by two deficiencies:

• Credibility violations that inhibit leaders from recognizing how the smallest behaviors can slowly chip away at their credibility resulting in a lack of followership by peers, followers, and clients/customers
• An inability to be authentic (i.e., to leverage their personal strengths and weaknesses rather than being told how to act or be or to imitate other leaders)

Learning Objectives

• To understand what credibility really means in leadership and how to get it and never lose it
• To appreciate that authenticity means more than being genuine--it's about consistency of behavior
• Appropriately shift leadership focus throughout the project life cycle
• To recognize and avoid the most common relationship mistakes leaders make

Who Should Attend

Anyone interested in building their personal credibility will benefit from this workshop. The need to ensure credibility and authenticity applies to individual contributors and new managers, as well as senior managers. It also transcends industry.

Faculty

Suzanne Peterson Dr. Peterson joined the W. P. Carey School in 2008. Her current research interests include CEO leadership, positive organizational behavior, and performance of individuals and firms. Her research has been published in such journals as Journal of Applied Psychology and Personnel Psychology and she serves on the editorial boards of Leadership Quarterly and Journal of Organizational Behavior. From a practical standpoint, she specializes in the development of leadership behaviors that characterize extraordinary leaders and has consulted with a variety of leaders in Fortune 500 companies. In addition to teaching Organizational Behavior for the Weekend MBA program, she developed and teaches a course titled High Impact Leadership in the Executive MBA Program. She is a recipient of the 2012 W. P. Carey School of Business MBA Outstanding Teaching Award. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska.

Registration Procedures and Deadlines

The registration deadline has passed.

Cancellation Policy

A cancellation request received at least one week prior to the program will be refunded in full minus a 10% cancellation fee. Or, you have the option to apply registration to another 2013 course.

A cancellation request received less than one week prior to the start of the program will have the option to apply registration to another 2013 course.

A cancellation request received on or after the day of the program will not be eligible for a refund.