The study of leadership has been a debated topic for centuries. The leader influences others, has followers, and leaders will come to the forefront during a crisis. “Leaders are people with a clear idea of what they want, why they want it and are able to think and act creatively in non-routine situations” (infed.org, 2012).…
From this common starting point, there are a large number of leadership models available. However, Burns categorized two primary leadership models; transactional and transforming and categorized transactional leadership by the statement “leaders approach followers with an eye to exchanging one thing for…
During her final hours in the clutches of the German forces during the First World War, Edith Louisa Cavell summarized her life’s work with the famous quote, “I realize that patriotism is not enough; I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.” These words capture not only the spirit of who Edith Cavell was and what she stood for; they embody the very essence of what it means to be a nurse. Theorists and scholars alike have stated that the core component of the nursing profession is caring. To Edith Cavell, caring knew no boundaries, and thus, neither did her nursing expertise. While it is correct to view Edith Cavell and her heroic actions during her life through the lens of leadership, one would be remiss should they choose to ignore the contributions she made to nursing and her country by being an exemplary follower. This essay will briefly explore the life of Edith Cavell and demonstrate how her actions and personal characteristics contributed to her ability to be an effective follower and thus, a visionary leader.…
This describes, in essence, the perspective of the Industrial Age/transactional-style of leader towards their subordinated. Though to be clear, there is a distinction to be made between the transactional-style, proper, and that style as it was in history, subject to the social, economic, technological contexts of the Industrial Era. The transactional leader “does not individualize the needs of subordinates or focus on their personal development. Transactional leaders exchange things of value with subordinates to advance their own and their subordinates’ agendas (Northouse, 181).” This style of leadership is actually given some further perspective by Quinn, who writes that:====================…
For many leaders, it’s about them: “How can I get ahead / win / succeed / look good? How can I get more recognition, pay and perks? They’ve lost track of Robert Greenleaf’s admonition that “leaders are servant first” – to teach, guide and develop people so they can accomplish a worthwhile purpose together.…
Data collected from 179 high school teachers and principals were examined with hierarchical regression analysis. The analysis indicated that transactional leadership tends to have a stronger role in explaining unique criterion. Transactional and transformational leadership both have a negative interactive relationship that predicts the outcome of leader’s vision. Transactional leadership has a greater predictive value than what is assumed.…
This style of leadership goal is to generate employee’s commitment to the vision or ideal rather than themselves as a leader. A successful leader enhances morale, motivation and performance through a various mechanisms, this includes connecting the follower’s sense of identity and self to certain projects (Sullivan and Decker, 2009) Transformational leaders are positive role models for followers. In addition leaders are sensitive to and understand the strengths and weakness of followers, this understanding helps leaders align followers with other task that can enhance their performance. (Sullivan and Decker, 2009). Through transformational leadership followers are encourage becoming leaders and inspire followers to use his or her…
As Bass (1985) reckoned that a transformational leader would motivate subordinates to do more than what they originally expected to do. This theory describes that leaders are a crucial instrument to build and foster follower commitment, challenge, inspire and motivate followers to achieve a better performance with higher efficiency. Transformational leaders emphasise on noticing followers’ individual needs and potentials and helping them grow and develop (Bass, Riggio, 2016). It is also identified with the Leader/Member Exchange Theory and the focal point is the personal development of followers or employees. Under this theory, followers are motived to reach higher achievements to obtain self-actualisation needs instead of low-level needs as discussed in Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. Working for these leaders, followers have the most precious opportunities to learn, to develop themselves, to be empowered, to be responsible for their own decisions within the firm. I suppose that acting as effective communicators, these leaders build and maintain the most close-knit relationship with their followers by enabling them to address issues and develop their own strategies, which gives them a sense of control. They build trust from their followers by willing to share internal, crucial information and encouraging them to give feedback in…
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* With information from the Learning Resources in mind, what implications does this score have for your role as a leader?…
Authors Wright and Pandev in article 1, present questions around the behavior of leaders in the organization. Unlike the questions posed in articles 2 and 3, the writers in article 1 are questioning what actions are being taken by leaders, and what methods are being forged by these leaders to effect a change. How leaders demonstrate charismatic behavior and how followers perceive and act toward the leader are focal questions.…
Transformational leadership style is a style of leadership in which the leader moves and changes things in a big way by communicating to followers a special vision of the future, tapping into the follower’s higher ideals and motives. Followers trust and respect transformational leaders because they have a strong vision for the future of the organisation.…