History of Transformational Leadership
References
- James MacGregor Burns, 1978
- Tried to link leadership to followership
- Transactional leadership was different
- Bernard M. Bass, 1985
- Transformational leadership could be measured
- Leadership can display both types
- Bechford, A. (2011, August 14). The History of Transformational Leadership. Retrieved January 28, 2016, from Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/62242886/The-History-of-Transformational-Leadership#scribd
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Authentic Leadership
(NORTHOUSE, 2013a)
(Bechford, 2011)
- "a complex process that emphasizes the development of qualities that help leaders to be perceived as trustworthy and believable by their followers"
- Authentic leadership is not acting
- Markers of authentic leadership:
- Insight
- Initiative
- Influence
- Impact
- Integrity
- New age calls for new tactics
- A great recipe for success
Today's Agenda
Evolution of the Positive Leadership Theories
- Brief history of transformational leadership
- Authentic leadership
- Its application to modern leadership
- Servant leadership
- How the ethics of leadership have affected the development of this theory
- Difference of transformational leadership from transactional leadership
- References
Transformational Leadership Vs. Transactional Leadership
Servant Leadership
- Transactional leader does not individualize the needs of subordinates or focus on their personal development
- Transactional leadership is more concerned about the way things are now whereas transformational leadership are more change-oriented
- Transactional leadership works within the set and established goals whereas transformational leadership challenges the daily operations
- Transactional leaders emphasizes on the organization, performance evaluation with rewards and punishments whereas transformational leaders focus on motivating and engaging followers with a future vision
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Transformational Leadership
Transactional Leadership
- Leader works with followers to identify need for change
- Enhances the motivation, morale and performance of followers
- Leaders and their followers raise one another to higher levels of morality and motivation (Mind Tools, 2016)
- Goes beyond managing day-to-day operations
- Focus on team building, motivation, and collaboration
- Originated in the writings of Robert K. Greenleaf in 1970 (Fuhrmann, R., 2016)
- Ambitious to serve first, shares power with their followers, and put other peoples priority needs before theirs
- focuses primarily on the growth and well-being of people and the communities to which they belong (Greenleaf, 2016)
- Organization must be devoted to serving people
- Servant leadership embeds ethics in four operating principles
- Serve people
- Help people grow
- Exercise foresight
- Care about everyone
- Leaders are tasks and outcome oriented
- Use rewards and/or punishment to encourage compliance with existing goals
- Focuses on the role of supervision, organization, and group performance
(BusinessDictionary, 2016)
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