Authentic leadership is not like other areas of leadership for which competency sets might be acquired in traditional training programs. For example, teaching coaching skills involves a relatively straightforward set of guidelines that can be reinforced with role-play exercises. Studies of charismatic leadership (Howell & Frost, 1989 and Kirkpatrick & Locke, 1996) also suggest that charisma can be learned, and that followers may respond positively to leaders that exhibit such learned behavior. Alternatively, to begin thinking about how to develop authentic leaders, we must think outside the parameters of traditional leadership training.