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.
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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

Transformational leadership develop a vision, sell it to their followers and lead the initiative to achieve it!

The leader must keep in balance the goal toward progress and the mental state of the followers.

In championing for the vision, the leader is also a learner.

Who are the Proponents?

James MacGregor Burns (1970s)

Adolf Hitler

Oliver North

Sam Walton

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jim Jones

Elizabeth Dole

Florence Nightengale

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

When an organization requires systemic change (an overhaul).

When there are limited evidence or facts are unclear.

To prevent a manager from guiding an organization over the cliff.

Through Transformational Leadership, the leader can inspire individuals and themselves to think differently and creatively by suggesting new ways of thinking.

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

*Idealized influence

*Inspirational motivation

*Intellectual stimulation

*Individualized consideration

-------> These four skills = performance beyond expectations.

A leader must possess a transformational mindset.