Thursday, April 22, 2010

Transformational Leadership

Achievement of corporate goals and employee goals at once is no easy task. This is very important, because the effectiveness of a leader is measured from the performance and growth of the organization he leads and the satisfaction of the followers of pemimpinannya. Therefore, a leader must be able to influence followers to accept the request without using the compulsion so voluntarily subordinates will behave and perform according to the demands of the organization through referrals leaders.

To be able to influence the behavior and performance of followers, we need a certain leadership styles or behaviors. Where is the leadership style which is owned by a leader in a company with one another there is no equality, if there are similarities perhaps from one side only, while the other side there are differences.
Leadership or leadership is a process of directing and influencing work-related activities of member groups. According to the Hersey and Blanchard, leadership is a process of influencing the activities of individuals or groups in an effort to achieve goals in specific situations. Leadership is a style of a leader affects the subordinate, in order to cooperate and work effectively in accordance with his orders.
Leadership style is what caused a person elected as a leader or manager, because it is most closely associated with corporate goals are achieved, the types of activities should be led, the workforce characteristics, motives, and other businesses. According to Stoner terms of leadership style or leadership style is: different patterns of behavior are favored by the leaders involved in the process of directing.
One theory is the most comprehensive change agent is the theory of transformational leadership was first developed by James MacGregor Burns in a political context. The theory further refined and introduced into the organizational context by Bernard Bass.
Basically, the theory of transformational leadership emphasizes the importance of a leader create a vision and motivating environment for subordinates to perform beyond expectations. In this case, the subordinates feel trust, admiration, loyalty, and respect for the leaders, so they are motivated to do more than what they expected. Even sometimes beyond what they thought they could do. This leadership model is based more on efforts to transform the leader of various values, beliefs, and needs of subordinates.

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