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Running head: LEADERSHIP ANALYSISLeadership AnalysisStudent’s name: Name of the university: Author’s note:

1LEADERSHIP ANALYSISIntroductionWithout the implementation of the leadership, all the business activities lie dormant. Withthe help of strong leaders, a business can maximise its productivity and the employees canbecome motivated to work in proper way. In the words of Emery & Barker (2017), leadershipstyle means an approach taken by a leader that may have some of the factors like sensing,intuitive, judging, perceiving, feeling, thinking and preferences. In this study, transformationalleadership style is chosen in order to show the major aspects of this leadership style along withthe implication of transformational leadership that may help to overcome the challenges faced bycontemporary leaders. In addition, Steve Jobs, the former visionary leader of Apple Inc. is takento show his characteristics of transformational leadership style. Identifying and explaining the main aspects of transformational leadership theoryAs stated by Choi, Kim & Kang (2017), transformational leaders have clear opinion andgrasp of the team’s objectives and they are very skilled at expressing these objectives to the teammembers. The transformational leaders in the business can convey the steps and ways necessaryto achieve these objectives for the team as well as the team members. These leaders can injectthe palpable faith and compassion that can become transformative and infectious for the teammembers. According to Banks et al., (2016), transformational leaders are filled with enthusiasmand unparalleled energy at the workplace which can enhance the motivation for the teammembers and individuals in the team can maximise their efforts to reach the goal. Thetransformational leaders allow the team members to impact their perceptions and beliefs for thegood of the firms and they ensure the individual success as well (McCleskey, 2014).

2LEADERSHIP ANALYSIS Transformational leaders like to challenge the organisational culture for improving theorganisational procedures and practices. Transformational leadership has the aspect ofintellectual stimulation from the side of the leaders to augment the organisational working ethics.The leaders try to shake the norms and they question the status quo (Nguyen et al., 2016). Thisleadership style can amplify the members' level of creativity and transformational leader canfoster open-mindedness to create a new avenue for thinking and learning. In addition,transformational leadership provides extra regard to the significance of open communicationwithin a team as these leaders always give extra effort to take individual feedback.Individualised consideration is one of the aspects of transformational leadership as each of theteam members get to know that their voice is important. Moreover, transformational leadershipprovides clear communication to the employees within the organisation and they can delegate thetasks to the employees as well (Goswami et al., 2016). Transformational leaders believe thateach of the team members must have the same level of passion in order to work in anenthusiastic way and it can ensure the high productivity and efficiency. Transformationalleadership provides inspirational motivation to the team to support the expertise of teammembers. Additionally, transformational leadership does not deal with predetermined commandas they lead the team by setting examples. As pointed out by Choi, Kim & Kang (2017),transformational leaders gain the respect and faith of the team members that can provideidealised influence. This may influence eventually encourage the team members to surpass theiradmirable qualities. Discussing how transformational leadership theory helps to overcome the challenges facedby contemporary leaders

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