In summary, authenticity is self referential in nature and implies that knowing oneself, in order to be true to oneself, is a focus of self awareness and is key to authenticity. It is only as a person knows themselves and are able reflect on this information and process it accordingly, that they are able relate to others in an open and transparent manner and behave according to their own beliefs. Psychological accounts of authenticity are derived from human growth and development perspectives and see individual experience as key to development, similar to Grints‟ “phronesis” of learning via experience. Moreover, people are rarely authentic or inauthentic; authenticity is non dualistic and dialectic in nature (Luthans & Avolio 2005) and can be recognized in moments or experiences of authenticity, or times of inauthenticity; can be viewed as stable or developmental and can be enhanced in social interactions or impeded through these interactions. Using traditional methods of teaching authentic leadership (such as techne and episteme) negates the ability for students of leadership to use their own experience of relationships, non dualism and dialectic forces in learning and development of authentic leadership to gain phronesis i.e. wisdom and insight into the authentic self