I think you said it perfectly, Georgia.  I have always believed that being an authentic leader is about being a good student at your own College of Lessons Learned, rather than emulating what you read in books or drinking the proverbial kool-aid to become a clone of your environment.

My team and I had an experience with a truly unauthentic leader this week, sparking a big discussion on why we felt that way.  We felt we never saw the heart of that leader.  We just heard what was in his mind, which was loaded with buzzwords that he thought we wanted to hear.  I will share this article with my team and others.