Challenges Faced by Transformational Leaders in Preventing Pandemics

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The leadership role chosen was the director of the CDC. As a leader to establish an
immediate response to prevent a pandemic, the best leadership style is transformational
leadership. This style is handy, especially during the prevention of an influenza outbreak in the
USA. In this leadership, the leader encourages the members of their team to be innovative and
motivated to make changes that will help change the CDC’s approaches to epidemics,
pandemics, and outbreaks. The end goal of this style is to transform the followers into leaders.
In ensuring that the facility is ready for the next pandemic, the Director of the CDC faces
a few challenges. The major challenge is inspiring followers. The transformational leader should
be able to give their employees hope and motivate them to work towards finding a solution. The
leader has to prove to the employees that their concerted efforts can make a difference in the
prevention of a pandemic
Another challenge that the leader may face is implementing the change. It is one thing to
inspire the employees with an excellent vision for a strategy that will help prevent a pandemic.
However, it is another to make the vision happen. Some individuals are resistant to change, and
new strategies and this is very natural. On the other hand, another group of employees may be
willing to implement new ideas and make a change to prevent an outbreak. The transformational
leader should be able to overcome the resistance and bring both groups together in order to
implement the new change (Silvia & McGuire, 2010).
After implementing the change, the transformational leader faces the challenge of
ensuring that the strategies that have been implemented continue to be effective. Old habits die
hard. After a pandemic, the employees may revert back to their previous strategy of preventing
outbreaks. A transformational leader faces the challenge of continuously reminding their
followers to implement the change to help improve the facility and the world at large.