Transactional Vs Transformational Leadership

I scored a total of 37 points on the Transactional or Transformational Leader Self-Assessment scale, which runs from 10 points (meaning leans more toward transactional leadership) to 50 points (meaning leans more toward transformational leader). This finding suggests that I exhibit slightly more transformational leadership qualities than transactional qualities, although I am somewhat balanced between the two types of leadership. As with similar assessments that were taken earlier in this course, these results are consistent and more than likely the result of my previous work experience in various management and leadership positions. So, while I did not necessarily learn anything “new” that I didn’t already learn in similar self-assessments, it does reiterate the fact that I behave according to the environment and the type of leadership required. As Daft et. al. (2010) mentions, many leaders perform both transactional and transformational behaviors. Despite not learning anything new, per se, there are a number of things that I can still take away from this self-assessment. For instance, one of the things I learned from completing this exercise, as well as from the reading, is that transformational leaders demonstrate a number of truly admirable attributes and a few of the transformational
Although I know the concept of what is and isn’t important is both relative and specific to the individual, it still surprises me when others have little to no buy-in or investment in their organization. For me, it doesn’t matter if the work is voluntary or involuntary, I will do my best to meet or exceed expectations