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Transformational Leadership
Assumptions
People will follow a person who inspires them.
A person with vision and passion can achieve great things.
The way to get things done is by injecting enthusiasm and energy.
Style
Working for a Transformational Leader can be a wonderful and
uplifting experience. They put passion and energy into everything. They
care about you and want you to succeed.
Developing the vision
Transformational Leadership starts with the development of a vision, a
view of the future that will excite and convert potential followers. This
vision may be developed by the leader, by the senior team or may
emerge from a broad series of discussions. The important factor is the
leader buys into it, hook, line and sinker.
Selling the vision
The next step, which in fact never stops, is to constantly sell the vision.
This takes energy and commitment, as few people will immediately buy
into a radical vision, and some will join the show much more slowly
than others. The Transformational Leader thus takes every opportunity
and will use whatever works to convince others to climb on board the
bandwagon.
In order to create followers, the Transformational Leader has to be very
careful in creating trust, and their personal integrity is a critical part of
the package that they are selling. In effect, they are selling themselves as
well as the vision.

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