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Transformational Leadership

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Transformational Leadership

Transformational leadership is a leadership style in which leaders inspire and motivate their

employees to create change that will assist in developing and shaping the future success of the

company (Alqatawenh 2018). It is a management style that gives employees a room to be

creative and to find new solutions to old problems. Transformational leaders create a vision for

their employees, inspire and motivate them for the change to be effective.

Transformational leadership is compromised into four main elements. These elements are also

known as the “four I’s” (Hall, Wysocki & Kepner 2002). They are intellectual stimulation,

idealized influence, inspirational motivation and individual consideration.

 Intellectual stimulation is the degree to which the leader stimulates and encourages the

creativity of his followers through challenging their normal beliefs and views (Diaz-Saenz

2011). They promote critical thinking and problem solving with the aim of making the

organization better.

 Idealized influence is a style that provides managers who are exemplary role models with

high ethical behavior. Those that can be trusted and respected by their followers to make

good decisions for the organization.

 Inspirational motivation describes a manager who has the ability to inspire and motivate

followers through articulating a vision that is appealing and inspiring to the followers

(Diaz-Saenz 2011). Followers are convinced with easy-to-understand words as well as the

image of the leader so as to commit to the vision of the organization.

 Individual consideration is the degree to which a leader acts as a mentor, listens to the

needs and concerns of the followers and attends to them. This attention to each follower
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assists in developing trust among the organization’s members and the authority figures. It

also encourages associates to reach goals that help them and the organization.
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References

Alqatawenh, A. S. (2018). Transformational leadership style and its relationship with change

management. Verslas: teorija ir praktika, 19(1), 17-24.

https://jeelm.vgtu.lt/index.php/BTP/article/download/7876/6818

Diaz-Saenz, H. R. (2011). Transformational leadership. The SAGE handbook of leadership, 5(1),

299-310.

http://kcomacademy.com/workshops/2015/tlbr_kc/Transformational_Leadership_KC.pdf

Hall, J., Johnson, S., Wysocki, A., & Kepner, K. (2002). Transformational leadership: The

transformation of managers and associates. EDIS, 2002(2).

https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/download/108144/103434