Tranformational Leadership Essay

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Abstract “The goal of transformational leadership is to ‘transform’ people and organizations in a literal sense – to change them in mind and heart; enlarge vision, insight, and understanding; clarify purposes; make behavior congruent with beliefs, principles and values; and bring about changes that are permanent, self-perpetuating, and momentum building” (Covey, 1990, p. 287). The goal of the transformational leader is to change the ineffective to the effective. The leader would make changes to ensure the effectiveness, growth and outcome that benefits the corporation. Transformational leadership is the “style of leadership in which the leader identifies the needed change, creates a vision to guide the change through inspiration, and executes the change with the commitment of the members of the group” (Transformational Leadership, n.d.). Northouse (2007) goes further to explain transformational leadership as the process whereby a person engages others and creates a connection that raies the level of the motivation and morality in both the leader and follower (p. 176). Keywords: self-perpetuating, clarify, insight Introduction Two of the most inspirational transformational leaders of this generation have been Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy. King, with his “I Have A Dream” speech inspired the Civil Rights movement. President Kennedy’s vision of “landing a man om the moon and returning him safely to earth” inspired the space race of the 1960s and 1970s (Green, 2005, p.364). These men filled the categories of transformational leaders and with their popularity, charisma and confidence; they inspired a nation to change from their old ways into a new millennium of national, social and political improvement. The transformational leader has a desire and ability to raise the consiousness of others by applying powerful moral values and

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