Empowering employees to increase creativity: The positive influence of authentic leadership

Abstract

Purpose

Businesses today must constantly innovate in order to remain competitive. Employee creativity is critical to such aims and can be enhanced when they are trusted, empowered and supported through by superiors who embrace an authentic leadership style.

Design/methodology/approach

This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.

Findings

Businesses today must constantly innovate in order to remain competitive. Employee creativity is critical to such aims and can be enhanced when they are trusted, empowered and supported through by superiors who embrace an authentic leadership style.

Originality/value

The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Citation

(2021), "Empowering employees to increase creativity: The positive influence of authentic leadership", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 35 No. 6, pp. 31-33. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-01-2021-0007