Topic Transformational leadership

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2

Transformational Leadership...........................................................................................................2

Transformational Leadership Model...............................................................................................3

Transformational leadership in Education System..........................................................................3

Role of Transformational Leadership in Education.........................................................................4

Teacher as a Transformational Leader............................................................................................4

Transformational Leader in the classroom......................................................................................5

Implementation of Transformational Leadership in Education.......................................................6

Colleague about my Leadership Actions.........................................................................................6

Intentional goal\philosophy is being received.................................................................................6

Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7

References........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
Leadership is one of several aspects that are critical in helping an organization achieve its
objectives. An organization's capacity and competency to accomplish its goals within the
available resources may be described as role of leadership. Examples of such leaders include the
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and other members of the organization's senior management.
Different leadership styles exist, such as participatory, authoritarian, transactional, and
transformational. There are a number of different leadership styles that may be used depending
on the company's culture and operational philosophy. It's important to note that the focus of this
study is only on the corporate world's transformational leadership style. This study will also look
at the current status of educational transformational leadership theory.

Transformational Leadership
In order to motivate, encourage, and inspire workers to innovate and develop new ideas via
continuous research that may assist the company accomplish its objectives, transformational
leadership is used (including both short term as well as long term). Employee ownership and
independence are fostered in the workplace, which improves the employee's ability to perform,
as well as their commitment to the company (Korejan & Shahbazi, 2016). In order to assume
power and make choices for their given duties, transformational leaders identify the
organization's capable and efficient workers. Rather of just motivating workers, transformational
leaders coach and educate them to become transformational leaders themselves. The following
traits characterize transformational leadership:

1. It increases employee motivation and fosters a feeling of progress among them.

2. It motivates others to uphold high standards of ethical and moral conduct.
3. The atmosphere is made to be more communicative & cooperative with an emphasis
placed upon authenticity in work.

As a result, leaders are those rare individuals with the capacity to motivate and inspire others to
greatness. As a result, we may argue that transformational leadership includes the ability to bring
about change, and that leaders are change agents. The idea of transformational leadership makes
the premise that leaders have a greater proclivity for change inside the company.

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Transformational Leadership Model
The concept of transformational leadership was first introduced by James V. Downtown in 1973
and the same was expanded in 1978 by James Burns. Burns described the transferring leaders as
one who has the following characteristics;

1. Enhance the value and importance of achieving the objectives of the organization,
2. Encourage the followers to use their competence and efficiency for the achievement of
organizational goals,
3. Motivate the employee to fulfil their basic needs of life as well as higher needs.

In other words, transformational leaders are those who motivate their followers beyond self-
interest and use more than extrinsic motivators. The basic concept of this model was to
encourage leaders to demonstrate authentic, strong leadership with the idea that employees will
be inspired to follow suit. Further, Burns also agrees on this point that transactional and
transformational are not opposed to each other but they are the different sides of the same coin
(Burns, 1978).

Barnard M. Bass who is also considered one of the developers of the leadership theory states that
transactional and transformational leadership style are positively correlated and described that
the transactional leader is one who understands their followers and offers rewards according to
their performance (Bass, Avolio, Jung, & Berson, 2003). Therefore, this model of leadership is
still used in today’s business world only the environment in which it is used changes but the style
of authentic leadership will never change. Therefore, in the frequent change’s world, the
transformational leaders have become the most important and critical success factor.

Transformational leadership in Education System

Kenneth Leith Wood and his colleagues in the field of education adopted and practiced the
theory of transformational leadership as an ideal for model schools in the early 1990s,
demonstrating the benefits of this theory in the educational system (Leithwood & Jantzi,
1990). Since its introduction in education, this theory of leadership has gained widespread
acceptance, with the majority of schools now incorporating it into their curriculum. As a result,
transformational leadership has been widely used in the education system, and it has played an
important role in improving both educational quality and student achievement outcomes. A

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teacher or instructor who possesses strong transformational leadership abilities encourages his or
her students to consider multiple solutions to a problem and to express their points of view by
creating an environment conducive to open discussions within the classroom (Andriani,
Kesumawati, & Kristiawan, 2018). They also consider how they can best lead and guide their
students in the pursuit of their educational objectives. Educational leadership is important
because it has the potential to develop future leaders, ensure that all students have an equal
opportunity to participate in the success of educational institutions, and work continuously to
improve the quality of education provided to students (Howard, Guramatunhu-Mudiwa, &
White, 2009). According to surveys, leaders in the education sector should adopt a
transformational leadership style in order to inspire and motivate both teachers and students
alike.

Role of Transformational Leadership in Education

It is a fact that educational leaders have performed a significant role in the advancing of
educational institutions. The success and failure of educational institutions mainly depend on the
ability of the leaders to carry on innovative and motivational activities. Education is one of those
activities that will continue throughout the age and has faced a lot of challenges during the life
cycle of its business (Anderson, 2017). One of the most recent challenges education is facing the
ability of the education system is to adopt and develop the education according to the industrial
revolution. The development of education will enable people to change their way of thinking and
work in managing educational institutions. Therefore, it becomes very important in today’s
business world that we need such a competent and efficient workforce in educational institutions
that may perform their duties and responsibilities effectively. Educational leadership is one who
has the competence to create the most effective changes in the behavior of its group (Jeong,
Hsiao, Song, Kim, & & Bae, 2016). Therefore, principals being leaders of educational
institutions should be innovative and creative to manage the educational institutions and also
encourage their followers to have such creative thinking for achieving goals.

Teacher as a Transformational Leader

The role of a teacher in providing quality education and career-building of a student is very
crucial.it is said that a good teacher builds a good leader and nation. Therefore, teachers often
practice the role of leaders in their professional careers and leadership in education is considered

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the need of the day. I being a teacher encourage my students in the class to identify the way to
and change themselves in positive ways and motivate the students to improve and innovate their
study methods (Bolkan & Goodboy, 2009). So being a mentor and teacher I will be cooperative
and have open communication with students, listening to their questions and helping them in
solving those problems. Further, I will always encourage the students to find multiple ways from
their own of doing an activity and share their ideas & thinking with each other. I will assign tasks
to the students on the basis of their capabilities and ask them to do them on their own. The
students will also be required about specific tasks and asked to perform the given task within
time along with an assigned team (Treslan, 2006). This type of physical activity in the classroom
will create a sense of leadership and teamwork among the students.

Transformational Leader in the classroom

As it has been stated earlier that the role of a teacher is very critical as a teacher. Therefore,
being a teacher he or she always perform this role as a transformational leader, especially during
class. Therefore, I will be more careful within the classroom when delivering the lecture. Being a
transformational leader, I will have to perform the following roles:

1) Encourage unique and innovative answers

There are different answers available for a question and there are different ways in which the
students may answer the questions. I personally prefer and encourage the students who answer
the questions in a different way that is different from the standard solution. The provides an
opportunity for the students to share their knowledge with other students as well as enhance the
skills and capabilities of the students (Treslan, 2006).

2) Encourage to participate in a debate in classrooms

The students are encouraged to participate in the debate that is arranged with the classroom,
Generally, the students are provided with the activities within the class and asked to give their
opinion & decisions on these activities. This enhances the communication and decision-making
power with the students. Further, an opportunity is provided to employees for sharing new and
innovative ideas and help in the brainstorming of the employees (Howard, Guramatunhu-
Mudiwa, & White, 2009).

3) Open communication and coordination between students

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Being a teacher, I will create an environment where the students are open to communicating with
me as a teacher and students between themselves. This will help the students to share their
knowledge with each other and also share problems with me as a teacher. So, the solutions to
their problems will be on the timely basis and also encourage an element of open communication
and coordination among the students.

Implementation of Transformational Leadership in Education

A good teacher constantly encourages his/her pupils towards the accomplishments of their
academic aims as well as preparing them for the goals that they may reach in life following their
professional life. The instructor avoids their self-interest and self-promotion rather concentrate
on the performance of the students. The students are prepared by sharing their expertise and
ideas with them and encouraging them to have open contact with the instructors to address their
problems (Afshari, Bakar, Luan, & Siraj, 2012). Further, the job has been given to them on
regular basis and requested them to complete it on their own, utilizing fresh ideas and debating
them with other students and instructors as well.

Colleague about my Leadership Actions

It is essential to mention here that according to my colleague my conduct as an instructor with
students is very friendly and collaborative as it truly inspires and drives them to achieve their
objectives. According to my colleagues, I always share my views and ideas with them. Further, I
also provide time to students to present their issues in front of mine and I also give the solution
to their queries with given time. The students have free contact with me and there is a wonderful
aspect of cooperation from both sides of the instructor and students.

Intentional goal\philosophy is being received

There are many ways through which it comes to know that the intended objectives of
transformational leadership as a teacher have been accomplished. One of the most frequent
sources is regular evaluation that the students provide about a teacher. Furthermore, the
performance and efficiencies of the students also indicate that the students are receiving
whatever they're taught and given. The conduct of the students among themselves with regard to
learning and debate is also a source that indicates the intended objectives have been
accomplished.

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Conclusion
In the transformative system, transformational leaders are persons who, have to use their own
expertise, creativity, and capacity to influence the actions of others, create the circumstances for
changing the so-called "soft" elements of the agreement in place. Effective management of such
a subject matter encompasses, in addition to the normal (transactional) skill sets of leadership,
the effective transformational abilities (charisma, idealized influence, mental challenge,
contingent reward), as well as the effective transformative leadership attributes
(conscientiousness, individualized consideration, etc.). The talents and capabilities mentioned
above constitute the crux of what is referred to as transformative leadership. Because of this, we
may conclude that transformational leadership characteristics are essential to the practice of
transformational management and are crucial to the growth of transformative change -
management.

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