Transcript Transformational leadership Transformational leadership • ‘Leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels of morality and motivation.’ Burns (1978) • ‘Transformational leadership refers.

Transformational leadership
Transformational leadership
• ‘Leaders and followers raise one
another to higher levels of morality and
motivation.’ Burns (1978)
• ‘Transformational leadership refers to
the leader moving the follower beyond
immediate self interest.’ Bass (1999)
The four components of
transformational leadership
1. Individualised consideration: the leader treats each
follower on his or her own merits, and develops each
follower through mentoring, coaching and delegation.
2. Intellectual stimulation: the leader encourages free
thinking, and emphasises reasoning before any action
is taken.
3. Inspirational motivation: the leader creates an
optimistic, clear and attainable vision of the future, thus
encouraging others to raise their expectations.
4. Idealised influence or charisma: the leader makes
personal sacrifices, takes responsibility for his or her
actions, shares any glory and shows great determination.
Transformational leadership seems to be a
good thing in that:
• trust in the leader is strongly associated with
followers’ satisfaction
• it is significantly associated with positive
measures of group performance
• this seems to be true in different
organisations and different levels within them
(Lowe et al, 1996)
Summary – four components of
transformational leadership
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Idealised influence: charisma and respect
Inspirational motivation: meaning and challenge
Intellectual stimulation: learning and change
Individualised consideration: growth and
development
‘Successful transformational
leaders are usually identified as
providing a strong vision and
arousing strong emotions in
Followers’
M. Bass (1985) Leadership and performance beyond expectations