Submitted By:Ashish
BhaskarAbhinav
Vikas Nisha
Transformational Leadership
IntroductionConcerned with emotions, values, ethics,
standards, and long-term goals and involves assessing followers’ motives, satisfying their needs, and treating them as full human beings
Exceptional form of influence that motivates followers to do more than is expected of them
Often linked to visionary and charismatic leadership
Process that changes and transforms individuals
Transformational Leadership Defined
Transformational leadership refers to the process whereby an individual engages with others and creates a connection that raises the level of motivation and morality in both the leader and the follower.
House’s Theory of Charismatic Leadership
Bass’s Theory of Transformational
LeadershipMotivates followers to do more than
expected by:
Raising followers’ level of consciousness about the importance and value of goals
Getting followers to transcend their own self-interest for the good of the team or organization
Moving followers to address higher level needs.
Bass: Leadership Continuum
Bass: Leadership Factors
Full Range of Leadership Model
Transformational Leadership Factors
Idealized influence – Leaders who act as strong role models for followers
Inspirational motivation – Leaders who communicate high expectations, inspiring them to become committed to organizational goals.
Transformational Leadership Factors
(contd. )
Intellectual stimulation – Leaders who stimulate followers to be creative and innovative
Individualized consideration – Leaders who provide a supportive climate in which they listen to needs of followers
Transactional Leadership Factors
Contingent reward – Leaders try to obtain agreement on what needs to be done and what the payoffs will be for the people doing it
Management-by-exception – Leaders use corrective criticism, negative feedback, and negative reinforcement
Active: MicromanagementPassive: Problem-based intervention
Non- leadership Factor
Laissez-faire – The absence of leadership: abdicate responsibility, delay decision, give no feedback, make no efforts to satisfy followers’ needs.
Additive Effect of Transformational
Leadership
Other Transformational Perspectives
Bennis and Nanus
Transforming leaders have a clear vision of the future state of their organizations
Transforming leaders are social architects for their organizations
Transforming leaders create trust by taking positions and sticking with them
Transforming leaders use creative deployment of self through positive self-regard
Other Transformational Perspectives (contd.)
Kouzes and Posner
Model the WayInspire a Shared VisionChallenge the ProcessEnable Others to ActEncourage the Heart
How Does Transformational Leadership Work?
Transformational leaders set out to empower followers and nurture them to change
They become strong role models for their followers
They create a visionThey act as change agents who initiate and
implement new directionsThey act as social architects
StrengthsWidely researched from many different perspectives
It has intuitive appeal as a concept
It treats leadership as a process between leaders and followers
It offers an expanded picture of leadership. Most other models are transactional
It has a strong emphasis on followers’ needs, values, and morals.
It has substantial evidence of being effective.
CriticismsLacks conceptual clarityThe measurement scale does not always
distinguish clearly among factorsIt is a trait theory rather than a behavioral
theoryTends to be elitist and antidemocraticHas a heroic leadership biasMay not work on all levels of the organizationHas the potential to be abused
Application
Provides a broad set of generalizations about what is typical of transforming leaders
The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire can be used in training programs to identify leadership strengths and weaknesses
Many training programs focus on creating a vision
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