Transformational Leadership While Providing Inspirational Motivation

For centuries leaders have been analyzed in order to determine what the traits and characteristics of a successful leader are. Leadership, as defined by Koontz and Weihrich (2008) is “the art or a process of influencing people so that they will strive willingly and enthusiastically toward the achievement of group goals” (p. 311). Leadership plays an important role in employee’s participation, creativity, recruitment to an organization, their commitment to the organization, and productivity levels. Over the years, there have been a number of theories surrounding leadership such as the “Great Man” theory, which, according to Riaz and Haider (2010), “assumes that leaders are born and have innate qualities, therefore, leaders

From the Strength Finder website questionnaire, my individualized leadership strengths are as follows: achiever, command, context, focus, and significance. In this essay I will elaborate on these in detail and the ways they explicitly relate to my personality and the different experiences and activities of my life. I have also researched several articles that discuss transformational leadership and how this pertains to the literature on the subject. I will discuss transformational leadership in comparison to my own strengths, and explain how my leadership style may progress as I advance through this nurse practitioners program.

A Transformational Leader is a person who assesses a country, or organization/company, and recognizes the need for a change in the entity and is able to envision what this change should be. The transformational leader not only envisions the necessary change but has the required personality and strength of character that will enable them to influence others to buy into their vision and make it their own, and hence be willing to follow the leader in the quest to bring about the vision.

With goals of becoming a more Transformational Leader, I must become versatile in my ability to apply all of the Four I’s: Intellectual Stimulation, Idealized Influence, Individual Consideration, and Inspirational Motivation. As I stated in Module 3 of my PLDP, I usually only focus on the Individual Consideration element. The next three to five years I plan to improve in all areas. Individual Consideration will be used to show my co-workers that I care about their individual goals to provide a sense of self-awareness. Intellectual Stimulation will be used to empower my subordinates to use their own thinking to resolve problems, creating a sense of pride and ownership. Inspirational Motivation will be used to encourage my peers to not only “Sale” the mission of the organization, but to “Buy in” as well, to

In order to develop strong leaders throughout the nursing industry, one must encompass various traits from all types of leadership theories. Of the many different theories, transformational leadership has a heavy impact in creating a strong and successful leader. Strengths Finder 2.0 guides individuals into focusing on developing themselves through their strengths instead of trying to fix their weaknesses. In doing so, individuals are able to develop natural talents in a way that creates a higher achieving workplace. This paper will explore the use of applying transformational leadership focused on developing strengths and how it can be applied to nursing as an industry, in personal practice,

My time in the military has shown me that I have a need for order and discipline. I want to instill this trait into my subordinates and affectively give them the tools to succeed and complete the mission both home and abroad. I lead from the front and never leave those willing to strive for betterment. My plan involves completing my degree and obtaining the knowledge level needed to effectively take care of and train my replacements in true values, pride in ownership and family values. A stepping stone is that anyone can learn from anyone, even if it’s what not to do. I challenge myself to right all the wrong styles of leadership that I have experienced throughout my career and be that exception to the policy/good ole boy club members. The Air Force can change with assistance from those willing to make the change. I have given blood for my countries ideals and know I will give my every effort to help produce the most capable and experience airmen for the purpose set by our CINC. I

A transformative leader is a leader who can bring about influential change in others. These leaders not only transform essential change, they change the way we think and act. Transformative leaders create practices and processes in organizations proactively. In addition, transformative leaders can be found at different levels in an organization. They can hold the title ranging from supervisor to executive director. This essay primarily focuses on the challenges faced by the Training & Development (T&D) Specialist, who is capable of

A transformational leadership style along with good communication skills can be used to manage the multiples issues Hartland Memorial faces. “Transformational leadership involves anticipating future trends, inspiring followers to understand and embrace a new vision of possibilities, developing others to be leaders, and reward learners” (Hellriegal & Slocum, 2009, p. 301). Elizabeth and her associates should have the necessary qualities of a transformational leader; integrity, accountability, and motivation, so the staff can identify with them. The nurse manager could give nurses opportunities to demonstrate and experience leadership in their profession on a regular basis. Effective leadership is critical in delivering high quality care; equally

Transformational leadership. Burns (1978) is recognized as one of the earliest theorist on transformational leadership, who introduced transformational leadership over 30 years ago. Transformational leaders are perceived as leaders who uplift their employee morale, subsequently uplifting the entire organizational. Transformational leaders are known by their capacity to inspire followers to forgo self-interests in achieving superior results for the organization (Clawson, 2006). Avolio and Yammarino (2002) shared Bass’s explanation of transformational leadership as leaders who act as agents of change that stimulate, and transform followers’ attitudes, beliefs, and motivate from lower to higher level of arousal.

I have identified three strengths as a leader. They all relate to the transformational leadership theory. The first strength is self-management. They relates to the transformational leadership theory because I am a self motivator. I am able to motivate myself in me personal and work life. I am then able to take that motivation and bring it to the work place for my team to drive off of and succeed day to day. I am able to motivate new team members and inspire them and truly make them believe the difference they will make with the organization. The second strength is keeping my ego in check. This relates to the transformational leadership theory because as a leader, I am never one to believe I am the final say so, the dictator, or the primary

In the video assignment Chief Innovation Officer John Kotter posits that "The problem today, is that most of the time, when we talk about either management or leadership we're really talking about management” kotter claims that most of the education that business college students receive doesnt not provide them with the tools to lead.However he acknowledges that the traits learned in college are necessary for the “managerial processes” which is a valuable skill but not sufficient to become a leader. In Management vs Leadership authors Warren and Burt say that transformational leadership is the most effective kind of leadership, because “transformative leadership achieves significant change that reflects the community of interest of both leaders

In Module 6 I found the most important concept to be Individualized Consideration. This concept is most important to me because I interact with many Airmen every day that have very different personalities and learning styles. One implication of not using this concept is that I will fail to develop an individual in the correct path. Another implication of not using this concept is communication breakdown between subordinates and myself. When subordinates do not think you take their personal needs into consideration they won’t be likely to discuss topics with you. I will use this concept to help my subordinates achieve their personal and professional goals.

This paper summarizes the article written by Cam Caldwell, Rolf D. Dixon, Larry A. Floyd, Joe Chaudoin, Johnathan Post, and Gaynor Cheokas regarding the need for a new type of leadership in today’s social work environment, defined as Transformative leadership. The article itself varies in the definition, however in a broad sense Transformative leadership is maintaining good moral standing and sound business ethics among employees and individuals inside and outside the workplace. However, in order to reach this theoretical level of business related moral and ethical leadership known as

In The Leadership Challenge, written by Kouzes and Posner, the last chapter focuses on the power of everyday leaders “because leadership is not about position or title” (Kouzes and Posner, 2012). Leadership is about building relationships, being credible, and doing what you say you are going to do. A transformational leader has the power to lead others to new places and to motivate others to strive for a high level of performance. Transformational leaders have to believe they can have a positive impact on others and use their actions to convince others that they can be leaders too.

Being able to lead a group or someone is a very powerful action. Being a leader in general is very powerful. Leadership is an art that is painted, sculpted, and displayed in all sorts of ways. There are many different styles of leadership that correspond with different tasks. From transformational leadership to laissez-faire leadership, there are various styles throughout the continuum. A transformational leader is one of the best, more successful leadership style. When going down the continuum, the leadership styles only become less effective. Everyone also falls in distinctive categories when it comes to leading others. The leadership style that is displayed depends on the person leading and those who are being led along with the task.