Transformational Leadership - Becoming an inspirational leader
Hello In the previous post I made reference to "Transformational Leadership", and thought I'd elaborate on the topic today. The business world has moved from management styled running of businesses, to leadership. It is the hype today, and it brings with it a lot of excitement, but also uncertainty in some cases. Trailblazers James McGregor and Barnard M. Bass saw the importance and the need for businesses to survive, to change the way they were managing or leading their teams. James defined transformational leadership as: "leaders and their followers raise one another to higher levels of morality and motivation." Leadership became more about a team effort, than an individual in charge of the whole. This was a revelation that stuck with me, and worked magic everywhere I implemented this behaviour. Now, I cannot imagine managing or leading any team any other way. The Backbone: Creating an inspiring vision of the future: A team needs a compell...