Transformational Leadership

Transformational leadership inspires people to achieve unexpected or remarkable results. It gives workers autonomy over specific jobs, as well as the authority to make decisions once they have been trained. Some of the basic characteristics of transformational leadership are inspirational, in that the leader can inspire workers to find better ways of achieving a goal; mobilization, because leadership can mobilize people into groups that can get work done, and morale, in that transformational leaders raise the well-being and motivation level of a group through excel ent rapport. In addition the transformational leaders are good at conflict resolution (Spahr, 2015).

Transformationa l Leadership

Inspires others with a shared vision for the future Leads by example Encourage employees to work as a team Sets high standards

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Model of Transformational Leadership

•Inspirational Motivation: Thefoundation of transformational leadership is the promotion of consistent vision, mission, and a set of values to the members. Their vision is so compelling that they know what

•they want from every interaction. Transformational leaders guide followers by providing them with a sense of meaning and challenge. They work enthusiastically and optimistically to foster the spirit of

• teamwork and commitment.

•IntellectualStimulation:Suchleadersencouragetheir followersto be innovativeand creative. Theyencouragenew ideas from their followers and never criticize them publicly for the mistakes committed

•by them. Theleaders focusonthe“what” inproblemsanddo notfocuson the blaming part of it. Theyhaveno hesitation in discarding an old practice setby them if it is found ineffective (Shelton, 2012).

•Idealized Influence: They believe in the philosophy that a leader can influencefollowers only when hepractices what he preaches. The leaders act as role models that followers seek to emulate. Such

•leaders always win the trust and respect of their followers through their action. They typically place

•their followersneeds over their own,sacrificetheir personalgainsfor them,ad demonstrate high standards of ethical conduct. Theuseof power by suchleaders is aimed at influencing them to strive for the commongoals of the organization (Shelton, 2012).

• IndividualizedConsideration:Leaders actas mentors to their followers and reward them for creativity and innovation.Thefollowers are treated differently according to their talents and

•knowledge. Theyare empoweredto make decisions andare always provided with theneeded support to implement their decisions.

• Criticismsof Transformational LeadershipTheory

• Transformational leadership makesuseof impression management and therefore lends itself to amoral self promotion by leaders

• The theory is very difficult to e trained or taught because it is a combination of many leadership theories.

• Followers might be manipulated by leaders and there are chances that they lose more thanthey gain.

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Implicationsof TransformationalLeadership Theory

•Thecurrentenvironment characterized by uncertainty, globalturbulence,and organizational instability calls for transformational leadership to prevail at all levelsof theorganization. Thefollowersof suchleaders demonstratehighlevels of job satisfaction and organizational commitment,and engage in organizational citizenship behaviors. With such a devoted workforce, it will definitely be useful to consider makingefforts towardsdeveloping ways of transforming organization through leadership.