Developing Transformational Leadership Skills

This assignment focuses on developing your understanding and application of transformational leadership. It outlines strategies for fostering a positive and inspiring work environment, building strong relationships with colleagues, and motivating individuals towards shared goals. Your journey will involve self-reflection, observing leadership dynamics, and actively practicing transformational behaviors to assess their impact. The changing attitudes of others towards you will serve as valuable feedback on your progress.

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Two forms of leaderships:
Two forms of leaderships have gained immense attention as they have helped
organizations to fulfill their objectives and gain success. The first one is the autocratic
leadership. This is also called the authoritarian leadership. This type of leadership is mainly
characterized by the individual control over all the decisions by the leaders himself or herself and
very little input from the team members or other employees (De Hoogh et al., 2015). These
leaders make choices best on their own judgments and ideas and do not prefer accepting advice
from their followers. They practice absolute authoritarian control over the groups of members
working under them. Some of the other characters are that that the leaders dictate all work
methods, group members are rarely trusted or given autonomy to decide, work remains rigid and
highly structures (Rast, Hogg & Geissner, 2013). Creativity and out of box thinking are
discouraged. However there are also certain pros. They are effective when decisions have to be
made on urgent basis in a serious situation. It also prevents business from getting stagnant.,
prevents missing of deadlines by workers. They also help to develop performance when a team is
constantly giving poor productivity.
Another type of leadership is called the transformational leadership where leaders inspire
people to achieve unexpected or remarkable work outputs by providing autonomy to the workers
over their specific asks and authority to take decisions. This leadership ensures well being of the
team members by motivating them and rewarding them for their best performance. They set a
model of integrity and fairness by setting proper goals (Avolio & Yammarino, 2013). An
environment of encouragement along with providing support and recognition to others, stirring
emotions of people, helping people to look beyond their elf interest and inspiring them to work

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beyond their limits. Developing a trustworthy relationship and helping in forming strong bonds
are extremely important in this leadership.
Examples of two types of leadership:
An example of autocratic leadership is Martha Stewart. She has paved the way for
modern American lifestyle in the regions of suburbs. She is also a writer and television
personality as well as the founder of the Stewart Living Omnimedia. She has helped people by
guiding their way through everyday living like home renovating, cooking, gardening, collecting,
crafting, organizing, holiday, pets and healthy living.
An example of transformational leadership is Jack Welch. He took over the position of
CEO in the year 1981 in the renowned company of general electrical. He is considered to be a
legendary leader who made a resolution to transform the company in the most competitive
enterprise (Cleavenger & Munyon, 2013).
Comparison of the both the leaders’ leadership styles:
Personal accounts and formal declarations made suggest that Martha Stewart in not only
an autocratic leader but also a hands-off leader. She does not allow any of her staff or her peers
to have a proper final say in any tasks where she is involved. She not only understood exactly
what she wanted to do but also did them according to her own preferences and judgments. She
never used to entertain any suggestions or feedbacks from her employees. Also, she was
motivated and highly ambitious (Rao, 2015). She was very empathetic with the consumers. She
has strong solving skills which are mostly important in owning and operating a successful
business. However, she had difficulty understanding the perspective of others and was arrogant
and distant. She was highly demanding form her employees and never handles criticism

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effectively. She always would be convinced about her way of doing things in the right way and is
often found condescending to those who work for her.
However, the leadership traits of Jack Welch were quite different from that of Martha
Stewart. Unlike Martha, jack was more a believer of leading people than managing them and
creating a vision and making employees passionate about work with greater contribution of his
own ideas unlike Martha. He tried to develop an informal working environment unlike that of
Martha and ensured that informal meetings, informal get together, brainstorming of both
employees and bosses together on same table take place (Dumdum, Lowe & Avolio, 2013). He
was not a supporter of bureaucracy and ensured its elimination. He believed in simplifying things
by simplifying workplace and making meetings simpler. Unlike Martha who mainly believed in
authority, he tried to lead people by energizing others and not by managing them by authority.
His famous quote stated "The individual is the fountainhead of creativity and innovation,
and we are struggling to get all of our people to accept the countercultural truth that often
the best way to manage people is just to get out of their way. Only by releasing the energy
and fire of our employees can we achieve the decisive, continuous productivity advantages
that will give us the freedom to compete and win in any business anywhere on the globe."
Unlike Jack, Martha was not a supporter of invitations of creation and innovation form
employees.

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Reflection:
After a thorough reflection over my leadership attributes, I have come across a number of
strengths and weakness. My strengths usually include my communication skills where I seek for
effective feedback from my team members and also provide them feedback on their job
performance. As a result, I have found that they remain quite happy at workplace and feel that
they are respected and loved by the company. This increases workplace productivity. However I
have many more negative aspects. I fail to implement creativity and innovation in my workplace
and as a result the team members feel exhausted following traditional systems of working. I also
feel I have inadequate intercultural communication skills as I encountered communicational
conflict with my team members from culturally diverse backgrounds due to my working style
and professional approach. Thirdly I also have improper social skills for which I fail to develop
proper bonds and relationships with the team members. I fail to create and informal environment
and therefore the employees do not feel at ease in the working place. I also lack the skills of self
control and therefore I often tend to shout at people. This makes them feel negative about me as I
hurt their sentiments and self respect. All these attributes need to be changed by me so that I can
emerge out as a better leader.
Opportunities relevance challenges strategies timefram
e
Basis and
measureme
nt
resources
Development
of creativity
and
Creativity
and
innovation
Implementi
ng creativity
and
I should try out
reading
business
It would
take
about
I would try
to monitor
my creative
This would
hardly
require any

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innovative
skills and
implement
them in my
working
styles
are extremely
important sit
help
followers to
overcome
boredom
associated
with
traditional
methods of
working (Qu,
Janssen &
Shi, 2015).
New
creativities
and
innovations
also help in
achieving
success as
often new
methods
make
employees
enthusiastic
and thereby
innovative
strategies
may also
not helps in
producing
the same
output as
planned
beforehand.
It may
sometimes
result in
negative
output
which may
result in
wastage of
resources
and time of
the
organization
. therefore
proper
rational
thinking
behind each
management
books that help
me to evoke
innovative
ideas.
Moreover, I can
also consult
with business
stalwarts and
derive ideas
about the
innovations
they tried. Not
only that I can
also try to
explore my
creative skills
by taking
chances and
implementing
them by
eliminating my
fear of failures,
4to 5
months
skills from
the
intervention
s I apply. I
would also
ask for
feedbacks
from my
fellow team
mates in
order to
measure
how my
creative
skills have
been
perceived
and liked
by them
resources.
However, I
can consult
with journal
articles in
order to see
how
researchers
have
recommend
ed the ideas
to develop
creative
skills. I have
to buy
books which
will guide
me through
the steps of
innovation
as well.

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increased
productivity
and reduces
work load
(Wang, Tsai,
& Tsai,
2014). It also
helps to
overcome
many sudden
challenges
successfully
creative
output
should be
judged
properly.
Another
important
leadership
goals would
be to develop
my
intercultural
skills as this
skill is very
important to
maintain
workplace
stability and
proper
Intercultural
communicati
on and
maintaining
of proper
intercultural
attributes
make sure
that no
intercultural
conflict takes
place among
team
members
Language
barrier may
take place
as I have no
knowledge
of any other
language
other than
English
First of all, I
should attend
workshop
classes to
develop
knowledge bout
other culture.
Moreover I
should also go
through journal
articles to
develop proper
body language
so that they do
This
would
require 8
months
to 1 year
I can
measure my
results by
the
feedback I
would
receive
form my
teammates.
Moreover
the mentors
of my
workshops
classes will
Financial
flow will
take place as
I have to
admit to
workshop
classes.
Moreover I
also have to
attend
libraries for
journal
articles and

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communicati
on among
team
members
both of the
nation and
those who are
of different
backgrounds
(Derby et al.,
2017). Such
conflicts have
direct effect
on
productivity
and people
from other
cultures may
develop
negative
feelings about
others and
cannot
concentrate in
the work.
They would
feel
disrespected
if their
traditions and
preferences
are not cared
for (Leung,
Ang & Tan,
2014). They
not feel
disrespected.
Moreover I also
need to go
through internet
articles to learn
about cultural
preferences and
inhibitions of
other cultures
so that I do not
harm their
emotions.
take tests of
which the
results
would also
help me to
know my
developmen
t.
books.

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will feel
stressed and
result in
turnover rates
increasing,
I have to
develop my
social skill
and self
control
attributes
Social skill
development
and self
control is
extremely
important for
relationship
development
(Deming,
2017). Team
members who
share close
bond with
each other
can work and
help each
other open
mindedly
without
harboring any
negative
Often social
skill
developmen
t and self
control
developmen
t requires
huge time
and needs
patience. It
may become
difficulty
for an
introvert
person to
overcome
the habits
practiced by
him for
lifelong and
to change
I will try to be
more vocal
with my
feelings. I will
try to be more
open minded
and do not keep
my feelings
suppressed. I
would try to
follow
recommendatio
ns of business
leaders and
would also go
through
motivational
speeches of
stalwarts. I
would also try
to go through
This
would
require 5
to 8
months
Effective
feedback
form my
mentor and
my
colleagues
and their
changing
attitudes
towards me
will help
me to
understand
whether I
am
succeeding
or not.
No specific
resources
will be
required.

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feelings
among each
other and also
with the
leader (Day
et al., 2014).
This informal
environment
helps to
increase
productivity.
and reduced
work pressure
them
suddenly
require
time. zeal to
take
resolution of
overcoming
the issues
may not be
always
present and
this may
become a
challenge
for me and I
may lose
focus and
determinatio
n
internet articles
to develop my
social skills and
also from
journal articles.
I would also
practice
meditation as
this help in self
control
attributes
References:
Avolio, B. J., & Yammarino, F. J. (Eds.). (2013). Introduction to, and overview of,
transformational and charismatic leadership. In Transformational and Charismatic