Authentic Leadership: How Does It Differ From Transformational Leadership?

Research Article| June 15 2020 Authentic Leadership: How Does It Differ From Transformational Leadership? Nancy Blake, PhD, RN, CCRN-K, NEA-BC Nancy Blake, PhD, RN, CCRN-K, NEA-BC Department Editor Nancy Blake is Chief Nursing Officer, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 24719 Garland Drive, Valencia, CA 91355 (ntblake@aol.com). Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar AACN Adv Crit Care (2020) 31 (2): 196–197. https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2020275 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Citation Nancy Blake; Authentic Leadership: How Does It Differ From Transformational Leadership?. AACN Adv Crit Care 15 June 2020; 31 (2): 196–197. doi: https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2020275 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAACN Advanced Critical Care Search Advanced Search As more and more hospitals strive to be Magnet or to create Magnet-like work environments, nurse leaders are focusing on transformational leadership.1 The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has identified authentic leadership as a key standard for a Healthy Work Environment.1 Are transformational leadership and authentic leadership the same? Are they different? What are the similarities? As organizations strive to be the best they can be and to do what they can to improve the work environment, leadership is important; leaders need to demonstrate the appropriate competencies to ensure nurse retention and patient safety. This column will evaluate the similarities and differences between transformational and authentic leadership and focus on what is essential to creating a healthy work environment. Introduced in the late 1970s by Burns and further refined by Bass in the mid-1980s,2 transformational leadership is identified as...