Leadership Style

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP - September 6th, 2010
cBecause of the major shifts in all aspects of organizational life, a new kind of leadership is emerging.

It is the kind of leadership that enables the exploration of new and innovative ways to drive value and deliver real results in an ever-changing business environment. This new leadership allows individuals and organizations to thrive at the edge of chaos, inspiring the innovation and creativity needed to develop new products and technologies, even new business models that can lead to sustainable competitive advantage in the new economy. This new form of leading is called “transformational leadership”.

The spirit of transformational leadership is founded in the ethos of pioneering, innovating and the exploration of new dimensions of human endeavor.

The competency of transformational leadership is founded in the ethos of pioneering, innovating and the exploration of new dimensions of human endeavor.

The competency of transformational leadership provides leaders and managers with a whole new way to energize and enliven individual contributors to deliver their best effort and ideas to organizational objectives as a matter of personal expression and professional espirt décor.

From the behavior standpoint, transformational leadership begins with self-development and extends to the coaching and developing of others. It is about making sure that the people around you have the tools and resources they require to do their best work.

It is about taking personal responsibility to remove the barriers that inhibit the optimal sustainable performance of people who follow you. This kind of leadership is about recognizing the explicit and implicit value of individuals, networks, and relationships and providing energy and inspiration for others to achieve the mutual aim of the enterprise.

The key directional ideas of transformation leadership are:

• Open Systems: This idea is about recognizing the...