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Does it feel lonely at the top? Do you feel you take responsibility for everything? Do you wish your team would step up and take more ownership of challenges? Authentic Leadership helps to engage your whole team passionately in the responsibilities of running the organisation.

If you could see me today in the guise that I wanted to present, you would see a mature man of not inconsiderable tall physical stature. If you listened to what I have to say about my personal journey you would hear such stories of incredible people, places and events. If you closed your eyes and listened I could paint for you visions with such rich hues creating that ‘tapestry of life’ you’d want to avoid.

One thing we excel at as humans is problem-solving. You want a man on the moon? Sure! Split the atom? We can do it! Invent a mobile device that people can carry around and talk to each other on, wherever they are? Easy!

How do you design a meeting which is completely inclusive, decisive and creative while avoiding comittee style paralysis and hierarchy?  Open Space is a brilliant answer as Judith Richardson explains.

Authentic businesses flourish at a size and in markets where conventional rivals flounder. Why is this? What enables these businesses to make a profit where others cannot; to grow where others shrink, to fly were others fall? And how might this apply to other businesses or organisations? Having worked with authentic businesses for three years and written about them in his new book – Authentic Business, how to create and run your perfect business, Neil Crofts thinks he knows the answers.

Have you ever wished that there was a way to find funding for a business that was 100% aligned with your progressive, positive values?  Have you ever wished there was some where to invest that was absolutely contributing to the solution rather than contributing to the problem?

Finally after years of imagining, conceptualising and creativity Authentic Capital is ready to look for its very first funders and funded authentic businesses.  If you would like your money to make a positive difference as well as a return.  Or would like your business to remain authentic even after you have attracted funding Authentic Capital may be for you.

An Extract from Authentic Business – how to create and run your perfect business.   -   Knowing and pursuing your purpose is what gives your working life meaning. Without our own purpose we are subject to the purposes of others, which may be fulfilling for them but are unlikely to be fulfilling for us. With no purpose at all we can end up distracting ourselves to oblivion.

Coconsulting - a neat way to become a better consultant and get and give some help!  Nick Heap helps us to understand the best ways to apply these collaborative methods.

David Boyle is  an authenticist and financial philosopher, he is the author of Authenticity, brands, fakes, spin and the lust for real life, Alastair Sawday's brilliant "Little Book of Money' and  "Funny Money".   In this article David explores the wider shift in society and consumers seeking the authentic in all things from financial services to food.

How do you clarify the purpose of your business? And once you have defined it how do you get the whole company to live it? These are big challenges for the, would be, authentic entrepreneur – Neil Crofts explores some ways forward.