Transformational Leadership: A Case Study of Mahatma Gandhi

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1. Introduction
In an organization, the role of a leader is central among all the other employees of the
company. The reason behind this is that the leaders of the company are the ones that are
recruited to lead the other employees towards achieving the organization's goals, objectives,
and aims. The reason the role of the leader is critical is that the employees of the company are
the ones that put in their efforts and produces quality products and services. Without the
employees, the company would not be able to be successful in producing the needed products
or services. Hence, the leaders of the company are recruited in order to help motivate the
employees toward achieving the organization's set goals. Leaders are recruited in
organizations and in other settings where they seek to influence people to achieve certain
goals, which would not be possible without a leader. Leading individuals and teams are
qualities that are needed by every organization, whether it is a profit-based organization or a
non-profit based organization. However, for leaders to be effective in an organization towards
influencing their employees the leaders need to be aware of the duties that need to be
performed and the goals and objectives to be reached. This study will focus on the team
leaders and their dynamics.
A. Purpose
The purpose of this study to throw light on areas that were not researched before and if
researched it was not researched in-depth. The leader I have chosen is Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi. He was a transformational leader.
Also, named as the father of the nation, India, he still sets a fine example. The leader of a
team is able to produce successful leadership where the goals, objectives, and aims of the
team or organization are met (Cho and Dansereau, 2010). The purpose of the study is to

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determine the factors that help a team or an organization to achieve success by following
their leader.
Theory
The leader chosen is MK Gandhi, his leadership style is transformational. Transformational
leaders delegate their small tasks by micromanaging (Hansbrough, 2012). Further trained
people do further tasks. Their major characteristics are
 Providing motivation and positive development of followers.
 Implements ethical standards inside the setting and encourages a similar of others.
 Fosters associate moral work atmosphere with clear values, priorities, and standards.
 Provides work and mentoring, however, permitting staff to create selections and
take possession of tasks (Lobo, 2010)
Traits
The leadership of Mahatma Gandhi was Transformational. When we see the current scenario,
the traits of a team leader are basically the skills to lead a team to achieve the goals and
objectives that the company (Prestia, 2016). The traits that team leaders possess are
responsibility, cooperation with employees, situational leadership skill, communication skills,
having mission, clear vision, and a team leader will have good competency and interpersonal
skills. A good leader should also be good at recruiting and selecting the employees. Further,
the leaders should be well versed with the latest technology and information technology,
communication system (Remi Alapo, 2018). Team leaders are good at resolving conflict as
well. In a team there are conflicts that arise due to several reasons and if these conflicts if not
managed or controlled in time.
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Gandhi is a perfect leader and an example of transformational leadership as his style
was different from the ones that existed in that era. The time was full of violence and fights
and he chose to act upon non-violence. He was against British rule and fought against it
peacefully. The leadership style suggests change and the approach used by Mahatma Gandhi
is perfectly that. Many people resist change and the quality of a successful transformational
leader is that he has the ability to motivate people to accept that change. Gandhi is a role
model for many people, especially leaders. His way of leading differs from any other. It is
under the transformational leadership style that people often outdo themselves. Gandhi is one
of the few people that helped India get freedom from British rule in his way of leading. He
had many followers. His style was appreciated and looked at surprisingly by many, he was
very kind to his enemies as well and was totally against violence.
B. Analysis using traits (strengths & weaknesses)
There are a few traits/ strengths of Mahatma Gandhi that have always intrigued the
world. Here are a few
Become The modification, we wish to see
A great leader forever leads to an exemplary life that echoes his ideals.This nationalist
leader sacrificed his thriving law practice, got inspired by Nelson Mandela, and adopted an
easy life to measure among the millions who lived in impoverishment throughout his freedom
struggle. Here are his strengths and weaknesses-
Reasonable
Even once stating that the Republic of India would be divided over his body, he realized that
partition was inevitable because the sole answer to the Hindu-Muslim divide, and accepted
it.
Strategist
Gandhi at that time was a fascinating figure. He was a beautiful planner, promoter and leader.