Leaders can understand being authentic in front of their co-workers or subordinates, but what about vulnerability?
The two features of leadership were discussed during Emporia State’s Bonner and Bonner Diversity Lecture on Thursday night. When it comes to vulnerability, Dr. Mildred Edwards, the principal of ME Executive Coaching and Consulting, LLC, says leaders may think of vulnerability as an avenue for overdisclosure. She says it’s nothing of the sort.
Edwards also says authentic leadership comes from self-awareness as well as an attitude of team success rather than individual position.
Edwards has a range of experience as a leader. She is a trained and credentialed social scientist with a doctorate from Wichita State University. She also chairs the Kansas Advisory Committee on the US Commission on Civil Rights, serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Kansas Public Management Center, is Head of Global Impact and Faculty for the Raleigh Coaching Academy and is a leadership coach for the Kansas Leadership Center.
