Thursday, January 17, 2013

Transformation

Transformational leadership enhances the motivation, morale, and performance of followers through a variety of mechanisms. These include connecting the follower's sense of identity and self to the project and the collective identity of the organization; being a role model for followers that inspires them and makes them interested; challenging followers to take greater ownership for their work, and understanding the strengths and weaknesses of followers, so the leader can align followers with tasks that enhance their performance. - Wikipedia This is the leadership theory that most resonates with me because i think its the most personable.I can admit, i am all about emotions and feelings. If i'm mad at you, you'll know i'm mad at you. If i'm sad, i don't hesitate to cry. So, the transformational leadership model is the closest leadership model to that. It's all about uplifting spirits, encouraging others, and pushing people to do their best. If i worked in a workplace where this model was implemented, i think i would never want to leave. I feel like i would very supported and from that, want to do my best. I work my best when i am inpsired, and i think this model is the perfect fit for my personality.
When i think of the Social Change Model, i think of values. There's individual values, which i think are most important, group values, and society values, which i think are basically embedded in us. That sounds weird, but its like societal values are what we live by. The picture i chose is a pretty tree that says values on the bottom of it. I think our values are like tree because i think the roots of a tree are the society values, the trunk are the group values, and the stems are the individual values. And hopefully with a collaboration of all three, we can make a change.

3 comments:

  1. Your take on transformational leadership was inspiring. I liked the self reflection and the thought put in to exactly why it relates to you! From what I know of you, I agree completely! You're a high spirited gal! I love the picture. The connection you made with the parts of the tree relating to the different values of the Social Change model really made a clear outline of what the model really means.

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  2. I completely agree with your view on transformational leadership. The fact that transformation is about uplifting spirits, encouragement, and pushing people to do their best. Also your Social Change Model outline was clear and understandable.

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  3. The way you described transformational leadership was great and shows what it truly means to be a leader. I can definitely see many of these leadership qualities in you because of your bubbly personality. The picture also really grabbed my attention and looked great with your page overall.

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