“The shadow disappears if you truly accept who you are,” says Cees Buisman, Professor at Wageningen University and Executive Board Member at the water technology institute Wetsus in the Netherlands. “The more you accept yourself, the more authentic you can be.” How do we work with the challenges of our time as authentic leader? Cees sees three groups of people: suns, moons and black holes. He quotes research that says that 30% of people are good, 10% of people are bad and 60% of people are influenceable. The good people are suns and the influenceable are moons, reflecting the light of the sun. If we know we are a sun, our job is to radiate strongly so also the moons can be awoken to the light. In an organization that means truly living your values and holding others accountable to do the same. "If I want to be a good leader I must radiate". This isn’t always easy. It requires us to grow. “Personal growth is always a process of courage and a process of perseverance." Listen to this episode. Also read Cees’ latest book: “We Need to Change to Solve the Water Crisis.”

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