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# [Why Should Anyone Be Led by You? With a New Preface by the Authors: What It Takes to Be an Authentic Leader.](https://www.t-three.com/recommended-books/why-should-anyone-be-led-by-you)

 Written by [t-three](https://www.t-three.com/recommended-books/author/t-three) | Aug 9, 2018 12:19:50 PM

Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones argue that leaders don’t become great by aspiring to a list of universal character traits. Rather, effective leaders are *authentic*: they deploy individual strengths to engage followers’ hearts, minds, and souls. Authentic leaders are skillful at consistently being themselves, even as they alter their behavior to respond effectively to changing contexts.

 

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