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Submitted By:

AshishBhaskar

Abhinav

Vikas

Nisha

Transformational Leadership

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Introduction

y Concerned with emotions, values, ethics, standards, and long-termgoals and involves assessing followers motives, satisfying their needs,and treating them as full human beings

y Exceptional form of influence that motivates followers to do morethan is expected of them

y Often linked to visionary and charismatic leadership

y Process that changes and transforms individuals

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Transformational Leadership

Definedy Transformational leadership refers to the process whereby an

individual engages with others and creates a connection that

raises the levelo

f mo

tivatio

n and mo

rality in bo

th the leaderand the follower.

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Houses Theory of Charismatic

Leadership

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Basss Theory of Transformational

Leadership

y Motivates followers to do more than expected by:

y Raising followers level of consciousness about the importanceand value of goals

y Getting followers to transcend their own self-interest for the

good of the team or organization

y Moving followers to address higher level needs.

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Bass: Leadership Continuum

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Bass: Leadership Factors

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Full Range of

Leadership

Model

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Transformational Leadership

Factors

y Idealized influence Leaders who act as strong rolemodels for followers

y Inspirational motivation Leaders who communicatehigh expectations, inspiring them to become committed toorganizational goals.

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Transformational Leadership

Factors (contd. )

y Intellectual stimulation Leaders who stimulatefollowers to be creative and innovative

y Individualized consideration Leaders who provide asupportive climate in which they listen to needs of followers

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Transactional Leadership Factors

y Contingent reward Leaders try toobtain agreement on whatneeds to be done and what the payoffs will be for the people doingit

y Management-by-exception Leaders use correctivecriticism, negative feedback, and negative reinforcement

y

Active:M

icro

managementy Passive: Problem-based intervention

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Non- leadership Factor

y Laissez-faire The absence of leadership: abdicate

responsibility, delay decision, give no feedback, make noefforts to satisfy followers needs.

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dditive Effect of Transformational

Leadership

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Other Transformational

Perspectives

y Bennis and Nanus

y Transforming leaders have a clear vision of the future state oftheir organizations

y Transforming leaders are social architects for their organizations

y Transforming leaders create trust by taking positions and stickingwith them

y Transforming leaders use creative deployment of self throughpositive self-regard

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Other Transformational Perspectives

(contd.)y Kouzes and Posner

y Mo

del the Wayy Inspire a Shared Vision

y Challenge the Process

y Enable Others toAct

y Encourage the Heart

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How Does Transformational

Leadership Work?

y Transformational leaders set out to empower followers andnurture them to change

y T

hey beco

me stro

ng ro

le mo

dels fo

r their fo

llo

wersy They create a vision

y They act as change agents who initiate and implement newdirections

y They act as social architects

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Strengths

yWidely researched from many different perspectives

y It has intuitive appeal as a concept

y It treats leadership as a process between leaders and followers

y It offers an expanded picture of leadership. Most other models are

transactional

y It has a strong emphasis on followers needs, values, and morals.

y It has substantial evidence of being effective.

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Criticisms

y Lacks conceptual clarity

y The measurement scale does not always distinguish clearlyamong factors

y

It is a trait theo

ry rather than a behavio

ral theo

ry

y Tends to be elitist and antidemocratic

y Has a heroic leadership bias

y May not work on all levels of the organization

y Has the potential to be abused

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pplication

y Provides a broad set of generalizations about what is typical oftransforming leaders

yThe Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire can be used in trainingprograms to identify leadership strengths and weaknesses

y Many training programs focus on creating a vision

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