2. Authentic Leadership & Positive Psychology Discussing Potential Benefits

3. Older Theories e.g. Transactional Positive Psychology Transformational Leadership Authentic Leadership

4. Moral and Charismatic aspects VS Styles of Leading

5. Focus on the person Intrinsic qualities – Authenticity, strong sense of self, awareness, regulation Less focus on behaviour

6. self-awareness unbiased processing authentic behaviour authentic relational orientation Illies, Morgeson and Nahrgang (2005)

7. balanced processing relational transparency internalized moral perspective self-awareness Walumbwa, Avolio, Gardner, Wernsing & Peterson (2008)

8. These factors correlated with a host of important organizational outcomes : -citizenship behaviour -job satisfaction -organizational commitment -follower job performance Indirect effects that potentially lead to Well-being

9. Relationship between leader behaviour and : -subordinate reports of work stress - prediction of psychiatric disturbance -mood of individuals and group processes -hope and resilience -medium for followers to acquire high degrees of flow -actualization and fulfillment from one’s task and work (i.e. eudaimonic well-being

10. Leaders should invest in developing a sense of authenticity -Training programmes? -that challenge their status-quo -move them out of their comfort-zone -Assess their self awareness….. -increase leaders’ positive impact on followers’ health and how followers construe their work and tasks. -Health costs on the increase at work. Could this be of significant benefit to organisations? -Malta?

11. -medium for followers to acquire high degrees of flow - eudaimonic -positively related to followers Subjective Well- Being (general happiness) -hedonic FLOW - actualization and fulfillment from one’s task and work