Critique of Transformational Leadership & Transactional Leadership “Leadership without perspective and point of view isn’t leadership-and of course it must be your own perspective‚ your own point of view. You cannot borrow a point of view any more than you can borrow someone else’s eyes. It must be authentic‚ and if it is‚ it will be original‚ because you are original”. (Bennis‚ 1992‚ p.122) Introduction This paper assesses two popular leadership theories: Transformational Leadership & Transactional
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Transformational Leadership a Personal Reflection A Transformational Leader is a person who assesses a country‚ or organization/company‚ and recognizes the need for a change in the entity and is able to envision what this change should be. The transformational leader not only envisions the necessary change but has the required personality and strength of character that will enable them to influence others to buy into their vision and make it their own‚ and hence be willing to follow the leader in
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Models of Leadership Leadership has been present since the beginning of time. Whether in the home‚ social groups or in the workplace leadership plays a key role in our daily lives. But before a clear discussion of leadership can effectively be done‚ a reasonable understanding of leadership must be presented. William Cohen (1990) defines leadership as "the art of influencing others to their maximum performance to accomplish any task‚ objective‚ or project” (Weiskittel‚ 1999). This comparison
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types of leadership styles‚ Transformational‚ transactional‚ and Charismatic. Transformational leadership style is a style of leadership in which the leader moves and changes things in a big way by communicating to followers a special vision of the future‚ tapping into the follower’s higher ideals and motives. Followers trust and respect transformational leaders because they have a strong vision for the future of the organisation. Some of the Core characteristics of transformational leadership are:
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employees went along with it (Krames‚ 2002). The paradigm of transformational leadership is useful in analysing how he was able to accomplish this (Dubrin‚ Dalglish & Miller‚ 2006). It is also useful in identifying the personal characteristics‚ the leader and follower values and the situational factors that contributed to his success. This paper will analyse Welch’s leadership of GE using the framework of transformational leadership. Conclusions will be drawn regarding Welch’s leader behaviour
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occurs both in the purposes and resources of those involved and in the relationship itself. The transformational leader plays an essential role in shifting change‚ followers and leaders are bound together in the transformation process. The importance of developing followers to their fullest potential extended the concept of transformational leadership (Bass‚ 1985; Bass & Avolio‚1993). Transformational leaders motivate followers by elevating their consciousness about the importance of organizational
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Leadership: Charismatic versus Transformational Style Leadership refers to a person’s ability to inspire people in organizational to work towards achieving set goals and objectives (Ward‚2017). A good leader must‚ therefore‚ be able to communicate these goals to his/her team in an effective way. A leader is an inspiration to his/her team. This means that through the process of communication he/she is able to spark new energy among employees or team. But‚ how does a person become a leader? Leadership
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In 2003‚ the Institute of Medicine recommended transformational leadership as the best approach in health care (Finkelman & Kenner‚ 2016). I like this style of leadership for many reasons. First because for a person to be a transformational leader they must be inspirational (Spahr‚ 2015) Second‚ they must be motivational (Spahr‚ 2015) And third they must lead by example (Spahr‚ 2015). I feel competent applying this style because I have always believed in leading by example. Also‚ because I have
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style of leadership evolved as I matured and my level of responsibility increased. Initially‚ I was a transactional leader because it was a way of separating me from my peers to alleviate chances of fraternization. The chain of command was strict in giving direction and the expectations were exacting in standards in accordance with approved guidelines. About half way through my career‚ I was a middle manager and earned the respect of my peers through performance and longevity so my leadership style
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Meg Whitman‚ CEO of the internet auction site eBay‚ displays several traits of both charismatic and transformational leadership. Whitman moved from a tightly structured‚ traditional button-down corporate environment at Hasbro ’s Playskool division into the T-shirt and jeans atmosphere of an internet start-up company without missing a beat. In doing so‚ she illustrated that sometimes it is more important to have a vision and the willingness to commit to that vision than to have targeted knowledge
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