Activities & Competencies
Visionary, inspiring and daring are words that describe the Transformational
Leader. These are the people that revive failing companies. They lead other firms into a future
that is very different than their past.
Transformational Leaders have lofty goals and high ideals. They are seen as people of high
integrity.
Relational Leaders gain commitment through participative problem-solving. Transformational
Leaders creates even greater commitment through shared values in addition to participation.
This sort of transformation requires a wide-ranging re-examination of the organization's
purpose, structure and culture by many individuals and groups within. Such re-examination
requires discussion and serious debate. People do not accept new values just because the leader
tells them to do so.
The Transformational Leader guides this debate. He/she establishes the
context and rules for
constructive conflict and dialogue. In hundreds of places and thousands of meetings, people
begin to operationalize new values.
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Leaders- Henry Ford put the world on wheels.
Personal Characteristics
Transformational Leaders are assertive risk-takers who seize opportunities. They are also
systems thinkers who understand the interactions of people, technology and culture.
Such leaders often have an additional trait which we will consider separately: personal
charisma.
Application Level
Transformational Leadership lends itself to the most difficult, complex and vague
organizational problems. These are the adaptive problems that require re-thinking of the
organization's structure, values and culture.
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