“…Indeed, some have gone so far as to argue that authenticity is the central organizing principle of leadership (Terry, 1993). The notion of the authentic leader is surfacing in discussions of leadership in diverse settings, including leadership in business (Argyris, 1982;George, 2003), religious institutions (Pembroke, 2002), rebellions (Nadeua, 2002), the nursing profession (Swanson, 2000;Marcus & Liberto, 2003) and the military (Gayvert, 1999). Education, in particular, is a domain in which the authenticity of leaders and authentic leadership is commonly discussed (e.g.…”