The current literature is replete with calls for greater discernment of more positive forms of leadership. In particular, leader authenticity has been proposed as a significant predictor of follower satisfaction and performance and proponents have suggested researchers attempt to theoretically integrate the construct of authentic leadership with other related leadership literatures. While theoretical advances are critical to the discipline, management historians recognize the latent value of ideas presented in classical writings for contemporary theory development. Accordingly, we interpret the historical meanings conveyed by the works of the ancient Athenian Xenophon (c.430—354 BC), a pupil of Socrates, to propose a process by which leader authenticity augments transformational leadership to transcend hedonic satisfaction and promote eudaemonic follower well-being.1
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