According to McCleskey (2014), transformational leadership has been the most studied and debated theory (as cited for Diaz-Saenz,2011, p. 299). Also, many have defined a transformational leader as someone that increase their followers consciousness about how important it is to reach desired outcomes and the methods used to reach those outcomes. Four factors emerged overtime. First, followers attribute the leader with certain qualities that followers wish to emulate. Second, leaders impress followers through their behaviors, such as inspirational motivation behavior that motivate and inspire followers by providing a shared meaning and a challenge to those followers. Third, individualized consideration involves acting as a coach or mentor to assist followers with reaching their full potential, and fourth, Bass …show more content…
Principals must be taught by universities and and preparation programs transformational leadership practices. This will prepare them to use accountability and achievement data to drive instruction, serve as an instructional coach, challenge the status quo, motivate and mentor staff, manage personnel, handle disruptions in and out of the school and understand economic, social technological and global change on schooling. strengths or benefits
Northhouse (2016) list benefits of transformational leadership. First, tranformtaion leadership has been research extensively. Second, transformational leaders advocate change, and provide a vision for the future. Third, transformation leadership is a process that occur betwe n the leader and their followers. Fourth, it gives a broader view of leadership that expand other leadership models. Fifth, transformation leadership emphasizes the follower needs, values and morals. Sixth, research and evidence show the effectiveness of transformtiaonal leadership. potential weaknesses or
One of the present and most widespread approaches to leadership that has been the focus of much research since the early 1980s is the transformational approach (Northouse, 20150211, p. 161). As its name infers, transformational leadership is a process that changes and transforms people. It is concerned with emotions, values, ethics, standards, and long-term goals. It includes assessing followers’ motives, satisfying their needs, and treating them as full human beings. Transformational leadership involves an exceptional form of influence that moves followers to accomplish more than what is usually expected of them;
What distinguishes a transformational leader is the combination of head and heart, and the ability to understand and apply values effectively to connect with and influence the teachers and staff. Transformational leadership results in wide-ranging changes wherever it is introduced and is effective in solving problems in the school environment. The belief, commitment and the passion to ensure that Hawaii students experience the highest quality education and they soar above the rest when competing in the global economy, are what motivates me to serve as a transformational school
Transformational leaders engage with other people and create a connection that raises the level of motivation and morality in both the leader and follower. A transformational leader can protect herself or himself from the temptation to rely on their own thoughts, ideas, and actions by being open minded and consider
Transformational Leadership empowers or enables its followers. The leader engages with the follower in a way that both the leader and follower transcend to a higher level of motivation and morality (Nicholls, 1994).
There are many components to being a leader; a strong leader has to be able to clearly communicate, to intensely inspire others to collaborate in bringing the vision to fruition. James MacGregor Burns a leadership expert introduced the transformational leadership concept he suggested that “the transforming leader as one with the ability to create visions and employ charismatic behaviors, they are purposeful and seek to understand the motivation and needs of their followers (Crowell, 2016). Not only does a transformational leader have the ability to empower and motivate others “transformational leadership emphasizes the importance of interpersonal relationships, and the goal is to generate employee’s commitment to the vision or ideal rather than to themselves” (Sullivan & Decker, 2009). According to Smith, (2011) the ultimate goal of transformational leadership is the leader and the follower to discover meaning and purpose in relation to their work, in addition to growth and maturity. There are four I's of transformational leadership " individualized influence, inspirational motivation, individualized consideration, and intellectual stimulation" (Riggio, 2014). The transformational leader causes changes in both the system and the individual. Creating positive and valuable changes in the followers with the result creating followers who will
There are many models of leadership that exist across a range of fields (e.g. social work, education, psychology, business, etc.). The ability to transform an organization successfully requires a different set of attitudes and skills. Transformational leadership is an approach where a leader utilizes inspiration, charisma, individualized attention, and intellectual stimulation with their employees (Iachini, Cross, & Freedman, 2015, p. 651). Transformational leadership helps to clarify organizational vision, inspires employees to attain objectives, empowers employees, encourages employees to take risks, and advocates the seeking of alternative solutions to challenges in the workplace (Transformational Leadership, 2015). It allows the leader to engage and motivate each follower identify with the organization’s values and goals.
Transformational leaders express a clear vision, inspire others and work together with their team to identify common values and goals (Marquis and Huston 2009). They also recognise followers’ potential, assist them to develop their strengths and identify individual differences (Bass 2008).
Transformational leadership is a simple but revolutionary theory of leadership. According to Burns, the purpose of leadership is to motivate followers to work towards transcendental goals instead of immediate self-interest (Burns, J,M. 1978). No longer are simple day to day tasks the motivation to work but being inspired and intellectual stimulation. Management becomes an active force instead of a passive one.
For instance, rather than focusing on the value of the person to the leader, the transformational leadership style inspires the follower to do better on a personal level, often resulting in an increased value among coworkers and leaders alike.
Transformational leadership is defined as having four conceptually distinct elements: charismatic leadership/idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration (Bass, 1996). Servant leadership has
Transformational leaders poses a variety of skills that “motivates followers to do more than expected, by (a) raising followers’ levels of consciousness about the importance and value of specified and idealized goals, (b) getting followers to transcend their own self-interest for the sake of the team or organization, and (c) moving followers to address higher level needs” (Northouse, 2013, p. 190). Besides having specific skills to motivate followers, transformational leaders possess dominant personalities, have a desire to influence others, are self-confident, have high moral values and exhibit charismatic behavior (Northouse, 2013).
The purpose of this study was to investigate how principals’ transformational leadership, teacher dispositions of efficacy, testing integrity, receptivity to change and job satisfaction predicted teacher placement in a higher or lower math achieving middle schools in suburban environments.
Burns (1978) defined a transformational leader as “one who raises the followers’ level of consciousness about the importance and values of desired outcomes and the methods of reaching those outcomes” (p.141). According to Warrillow (2012) Transformational leadership theory is all about leadership that creates positive change in the followers whereby they take care of each other’s interests and act in the interests of the group as whole. By providing inspirational motivation to followers, it develops a less stressful environment and inspires them by taking individual responsibilities, challenges and positive view for the goals to achieve. It was described by Bass & Riggio (2006) Enthusiasm and optimism are key characteristics of inspirational motivation. Transformational leadership major focus is to provide coaching, individual attention and personal assistance to fulfill their needs and reaching their
“Transformational leadership is a newer leadership approach which creates valuable and positive change in their followers. Transformational leadership enhances motivation, morale, and performance as well as stimulates and inspires followers to achieve extraordinary outcomes and in the process develop their own leadership capacity. Transformational leaders also focus on “transforming” others to help each other, to look out for each other, to be encouraging and harmonious, and to look out for the organization as a whole.” (Bass, 2006)
Transformational leaders motivate and inspire followers to achieve extraordinary goals (Avolio and Bass, 2014), are process-oriented, and focus on being a leader (van Linden and Fertman). FRLT posits that transformational leadership is comprised of five factors (Antonakis, Avolio, and Sivasubramaniam, 2013; Avolio & Bass, 2014): (a) Idealized influence (attributed) refers to the perception that the leader is charismatic, confident, ethical, idealistic, and trust worthy; (b) Idealized influence (behavior) refers to leadership behavior that results in followers identifying with and wanting to emulate the leader; (c) Inspirational motivation refers to leadership that communicates high expectations, inspires commitment to a shared vision, and motivates