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What is Transformational Leadership?

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christine monk
What is Transformational Leadership?

Ever seen a caterpillar hanging from a tree? Filthy green creature, unnoticed and ignored. Well, one day the caterpillar stops eating, hangs itself from a tree, and spins itself into a shiny chrysalis. Gradually, the caterpillar radically transforms its body features and emerges as a beautiful butterfly. The transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly is one of the most exquisite processes. It not only shows how transformation is an integral part of our lives but also how transformation is beautiful. It is a process of change in form, character, nature, or appearance. 

Transformational leadership style is thus, a comprehensive and integrated leadership characteristic required of individuals traveling the path of transformation. It is a leadership style where leaders work beyond their self-interest to identity change so that they can encourage and motivate their employees to innovate and drive them towards the process of change. Transformational leaders are the ones who can take charge in a group, stand out and motivate the group to work towards the success of the company.

This form of leadership in particular was crafted to be integrated and holistic, serving as a strong framework to anchor your own leadership ideas and experiments. Without such a comprehensive framework, leaders risk adopting the latest leadership style of the day found in the local market.

Now in recent times, it is the leader’s ability to instill clarity of purpose and meaning in an organization. Creating places of purpose, that were once thought to be a New Age fad, is now a survival card for organizations as competent workers seek meaning in their work and market changes necessitate transformational change. So, as leaders, how do you create a positive environment in which purpose dominates action and individual spirit shines?- This is a question to reflect upon.

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