John, I agree with your direction entirely however - and it may be the title of the video that hangs me up: "What becomes a leader most? Authenticity." - I have a problem with popular application of the concept of authenticity.

My issue with that is this - I take authenticity to mean "true to its essence" and not everyone's essential motives are authentically honorable. Yes, I agree that not all human beings are "rational economizers" however not all leaders on a team are magnanimous enough to consistently put the organization's best interests ahead of their own.

I have not found the words to describe this gracefully - I took a crack at it in a blog post recently (http://gailseverini.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/authenticity-is-an-over-rat...).

My point is this - we need leaders to put their own selves second (authentic or not). If a leader is capable of bring both honorable and authentic ambitions and capabilities to the table that is an A++ however the fundamental standard has to be honor first, authentic second.

I am interested to know what you and others think about splitting these 2 concepts. Best regards. Gail

p.s. I am completely aligned with the notions around being human and that humanity inspring trust.