TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERS

Transformational
leadership
is
a
style
of leadership where a leader works with
subordinates to identify needed change, creating a
vision to guide the change through inspiration, and
executing the change in tandem with committed
members of a group.

CHARACTERISTICS OF LEADERS
Extraversion
The
two
main
characteristics
of
extraverts
are affiliation and agency, which relate to the social and
leadership aspects of their personality, respectively.
Extraversion is generally seen as an inspirational trait usually
exhibited in transformational leadership.
Neuroticism
Neuroticism generally gives an individual an anxiety related to
productivity which, in a group setting can be debilitating to a
degree where they are unlikely to position themselves in a
role of transformational leadership due to lower self-esteem
and a tendency to shirk from leadership responsibilities.

Openness to experience
Creative expression and emotional responsiveness have
been linked to a general tendency of openness to
experience. This trait is also seen as a component of
transformational leadership as it relates to the ability to
give big-picture visionary leadership for an organization.
Agreeableness
Although not a trait which specifically points to
transformational leadership, leaders in general possess an
agreeable nature stemming from a natural concern for
others
and
high
levels
of
individual
consideration. Charisma and idealized influence is a classic
ability of individuals who possess agreeability.

Conscientiousness
Strong sense of direction and the ability to put large amounts
of productive work into tasks is the by-product
of conscientious leaders. This trait is more linked to a
transactional form of leadership given the managementbased abilities of such individuals and the detail oriented
nature of their personality.

NELSON MANDELA
Nelson Mandela used transformational leadership
principles while working to abolish apartheid and enforce
change in South Africa. In 1995, he visited Betsie Verwoerd,
the widow of the architect of apartheid Hendrik Verwoerd,
at her home in Orania. Orania was an Afrikaner homeland
and a striking anachronistic symbol of racial separation
Mandela's recurring emphasis on forgiveness contributed
toward the healing the prejudices of South Africa and as
vast influence as a leader. In 2000, he was quoted as saying,
"For all people who have found themselves in the position
of being in jail and trying to transform society, forgiveness
is natural because you have no time to be retaliative.".

 He also set an example for others to follow in terms of sacrifice and

philanthropy. Shoemaker describes one such instance:
"One such leader received a call from Mandela's office requesting that he
accompany the President to the Eastern Cape. This leader was less than
enthusiastic and pleaded that he had an appointment around mid-day
clashing with Mandela's request. But there was no denying Mandela, so
the leader agreed to go--but first consulted with his financial director to
set a reasonable limit on the size of the anticipated donation request.
They settled on 500,000 Rand, or about $50,000 in those days...upon
landing, about 80,000 black school children--all adorned in crisp white
shirts--simultaneously bowed to acknowledge the great man's arrival. As
they were climbing down from the helicopter, Mandela planted his hand
firmly in his guest's back and said, 'Now, I hope you are not going to
disappoint me?' The business leader decided in that instance to double
the donation...how could he tell a man who sacrificed as much as Mandela
that he couldn't afford to be more generous?"

DONE BY,
GAURANG AGARWAL
MAYANK
DHRUV
JASPREET