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Successful Affective Events Theory Of Transformational Leadership

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I a continued to notice the decline in performance with my team I could not help but wonder if it was something that I may have been doing done wrong with my teams within my sections. I had to evaluate myself to see if may have been leading wrong, but then I realized that this new leader had no experience in being in a position of leadership. Within these last three months from my lowest ranking airmen to the person who ranks right underneath me it was evident how she made them feel with the tone of her voice, the lack of empathy she displayed for them or the workload, or just the overall respect in which she lacked as well. I knew it was going to be my responsibility to introduce her to the skills she was going to need to be successful …show more content…

Several studies applying affective events theory indicate that positive interactions at work, such as those between leaders and followers, improve employees’ mood. Theories of transformational leadership suggest that leaders achieve these outcomes by motivating and inspiring others, acting as role models, stimulating innovative solutions to work problems, and coaching and mentoring (Bass, 1985; Bass & Riggio, 2006). It is not surprising then that leaders who exhibit transformational leadership are rated as more effective by both their subordinates and their superiors (Johnson et al., 2012). This positive performance feedback, both in terms of objective follower performance and subjective ratings, communicates to leaders that they are capable of interacting effectively with their environment. Leader effectiveness is also inferred from the extent to which followers “buy in” to the strategies and values of leaders. When leaders exhibit behaviors reflective of transformational leadership, followers’ values converge with those of leaders and followers are more responsive to leaders’ …show more content…

To do so I had to paint the bigger picture for them, getting them to look outside of what they do on a day to day basis. Since we are also considered a cross-functional team, I was able to get other teams to come in and explain how our piece of the puzzle ties into what they do and how everything works together to get the planes of the ground and in the air. Once this objective was met I instantly saw a change in my workers. They displayed my pride in what they were doing, being they were more motivated knowing that they had a huge role in the Air Force being successful at what we were

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