Transformational Leadership: Definition, Aspects, and Mitigation Techniques

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
1. Leadership Theory.................................................................................................................2
Definition of Transformational Leadership...........................................................................2
Main Aspects of Transformational Leadership......................................................................3
Challenges faced by Project Leaders.....................................................................................4
Mitigation of Challenges through Transformational Leadership...........................................5
2. Personal Reflection................................................................................................................6
a) Experience about Project Leadership.................................................................................6
b) Incident about the Situational Leadership Theory.............................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................10
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
Leadership can be defined as the practical skill that is present within an individual to
lead as well as guide the other team members in any specific project. The person, who fulfils
the duty of leadership, is known as a leader (Van Wart, 2013). The study of leadership has
several important theories that solely involve traits, attitude, functions, behaviour, values,
situational interaction, vision, intelligence, charisma and many more. These leadership
theories help to know about the various types of leaderships and how well a situation can be
handled in a project or any organization. The most popular significant theories include Great
Man Theory, Trait Theory, Behavioural Theories, Role Theory, Charismatic Theory,
Transactional Theory, Transformational Theory and many others (Antonakis & House,
2014). The following report outlines a brief description on the leadership theory of
Transformational theory and its aspects. Moreover, personal experiences are also shared for
this particular leadership theory.
1. Leadership Theory
Definition of Transformational Leadership
Transformational leadership can be defined as the specific leadership style, where any
worker works with his subordinates for the successful identification of required changes and
thus creating a vision for the guidance of that change (Avolio & Yammarino, 2013). This
eventually helps to execute those changes within the project group or team. This
transformational leadership is responsible for serving to enhance the overall morale,
performance and motivation of the project members.
Transformational leadership even inspires the people in achieving the remarkable or
unexpected results. This type of leadership provides autonomy to the people and thus they

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can take decisions once the training is over. The other name of transformational leadership is
quiet leadership (Price & Weiss, 2013). Moreover, this type of leadership eventually
mobilizes the people for getting the work done perfectly. It even helps in the conflict
resolution in any project team.
Main Aspects of Transformational Leadership
Transformational leadership comprises of several significant characteristics or
aspects. These main aspects are given below:
i) Self Management: This is the first and the foremost aspect of transformational
leadership. It helps to the project management as well as themselves (Kark & Shamir, 2013).
This particular aspect helps in motivating to direct the organization in right path.
ii) Ability in Calculating Risks: The second aspect is the ability in calculating the
correct risks. These risks are the most significant threats of any project and they help to
understand the difficult situations of that typical project.
iii) Taking Tough Decisions: This is the third important aspect of the
transformational leadership (Effelsberg, Solga & Gurt, 2014). Various tough and difficult
decisions could be taken with the help of this leadership.
iv) Sharing Collective Organizational Consciousness: Transformational leadership
helps in sharing as well as understanding the collective consciousness of the project. it
eventually helps to know about the perspectives of the team members and thus a clear idea is
given about the actions that are to be taken for the betterment of the project.
v) Entertain New Ideas: Another important aspect of the transformational leadership
is that it helps to entertain new and innovative ideas (Odumeru & Ogbonna, 2013). It helps in