Collective Knowledge about Transformational Leadership

Your Group's Assignment: When you have completed your reading and web search, collectively respond to the questions below in preparation to "teach" your concept with your original "home group."

Using This Wiki

1. Select a recorder.
2. Recorder will enter in the space below the group's collective knowledge in each category. While the recorder is entering text into the wiki, group members stand behind, providing input!
3. To add text, click on the "Edit Page" button at the top left. You will be prompted to enter a password. The password is the name of our program. You will also be asked to enter your name so we can know who edited the page.
4. After you have logged in with a password and your first name, insert your cursor where you want to begin typing, and begin!
5. Don't forget to click the "Save" button at the bottom of your screen occasionally!
6. When you are finished, click on the Log Out link in the upper right hand corner of the page.

NOTE: Feel free to delete these instructions once you have read them!

Define the Theory

Define the theory:

The Transformational Leader is inspirational, vision (and sometimes crisis) driven, able to see the big picture and enable followers to follow.

What are the outcomes? When might this leadership style be used?

Transformational Leadership is effective when fundamental change is needed, when there is a crisis, and when the institution has decided to make a change.

What are the critical skills an administrator would need to be able to demonstrate this leadership style?

The ability to model, inspire, challenge, and enable followers are all skills that a Transformational Leader should exhibit.