Learn Leading for Authenticity: Balancing ideals and realities about leadership

Abstract

Learning leading is one way of making a greater contribution to the early childhood field. Additionally, learning leading ought to result in a person leading effectively in contemporary times. This means that one leads authentically for the individual and for the field in terms of personal-professional beliefs about children, families, and early education. Being authentic is about taking account of both relevant ideals and daily realities in order to form professional decisions and actions that match with your values and beliefs. With authentic leading having such potential benefits, it is important to ask and create an individual understanding of: What is leading? What might be learned and how?