This document discusses transformational leadership, which involves leaders who motivate and challenge followers to perform beyond expectations. Transformational leaders create contexts that maximize human and organizational capabilities through facilitating multiple levels of transformation and aligning people with shared values and purpose. They are charismatic and visionary, bring out the best in followers and develop them as leaders. Studies show transformational leaders have more satisfied followers and effective work groups, and followers experience less stress.
5. The Nature of Leadership
Leadership occurs among people, involves the
use of influence, and is used to attain goals.
Leadership:
the ability to influence people toward the
attainment of goals.
6. Charismatic, visionary leader who transform
organization through empowering
Leaders who bring out the best in followers
and develop them into leaders.
Leaders who motivated and challenge teams to
perform at levels beyond expectations.
What is Transformational Leadership?
7. • Creates and sustains a context that maximizes
human and organizational capabilities;
• Facilitate multiple levels of transformation;
and
• Align them with core values and a unified
purpose
CONT…
Transformational Leadership
8. EVOLATIN
GRon Riggio defines the characteristics
as….
• Charismatic, visionary leaders who
transform organizations through
empowering followers.
• Leaders who bring out the best in
followers and develop them into
leaders.
• Leaders who motivate and challenge
teams to perform at levels beyond
expectations.
Transformational Leadership
Characteristics
9. Transformational leaders clearly have more
satisfied followers
Transformational leader lead more effective work
groups
Followers of transformational leaders experience
less stress and burnout
Does Transformational Leadership
Matter?
10. Transformational leadership occurs when one or
more persons engage with others in such a way that
leader and followers raise one another to higher
levels of motivation and morality – James
MacGregor Burns
11. Transformational Leaders:
Enhance followers’ self – esteem and self –
efficacy
Empower followers
Increase followers’ identification with the
organization
Align followers’ goals and values with their
own
How Does Transformational
Leadership Work?
16. Transformational leadership theory represents the
qualities of the very best leader – leading groups
to levels of performance and commitment
“beyond expectations”
It also represent a model for leader development
Summary