Becoming an Authentic Leadership Development Consultant

Abstract

The focus of this article is based upon the critical role of management consultants to develop authentic leadership that has emerged as a more applicable and more adaptable leadership model than the many others that are available today. Leadership has always been at the forefront of management training (Mills, 2005). However, the four functions of management depict leadership as one of the four. For instance, Henri Fayol has been posited as the forefather of the functions of management. While he had more than four in his original publication in France which was translated to English in the 1930s, the four that seemed to stand the test of time are organising, leading, planning, and controlling.