Leadership (transactional vs transformation)

Introduction
Transactional leadership involves
"... Determining the path, rewarding goal achievement, and punishing failure..."
Alice Eagly et al as quoted by Mostafa Sayyadi, 2024
While transformational leadership
"...Focuses on the critical human asset such as commitment  and thus helps followers to effectively prevent organisational changes with both efficiency and effectiveness......process of influencing major changes in the attitudes and assumptions of organisation members ( organise culture) and billing commitment for major changes in the organisations objectives and strategies..."
Gary Yukd et al as quoted by Mostafa Sayyadi, 2024
Just as leaders need to be autocratic and democratic at times, they also need to be both transactional and transformational.
Transformational leadership can be highly demanding at the corporate level as it will challenge the status quo; challenges like globalisation has added extra pressure on leadership to handle the VUCA world.
Transformational leadership is becoming more important
Techniques of transformational leadership (4)
i) Idealised influence (this requires the following action:
"...- Instilled pride in organisational members will being associated with them
     - display a sense of power and confidence
     - go beyond self-interest for the good of the organisation
     - talk about their most important values and beliefs
     - consider the moral and ethical consequences of decisions
     - emphasise the importance of having a collective sense of mission..."
Mostafa Sayyadi, 2024
ii) Individualised consideration (this requires the following action:
"...- spend time coaching others
     - consider employees as having different needs, abilities, and aspirations from others
     - help organisational members to develop their strengths, provide various formal training programs to improve the performance of duties..."
Mostafa Sayyadi, 2024
iii) Intellectual stimulation (this requires the following action:
"... - emphasise on the effective coordination among different factional areas, and seek differing perspectives. When solving problems
     - suggest new ways of looking at how to complete assignments, and undertake a comprehensive analysis when confronted with an important decision..."
Mostafa Sayyadi, 2024
iv) Inspirational motivation (this requires the following action:
"... - talk optimistically about the future
     - talk enthusiastically about what needs to be accomplished
     - expressed confidence that the goals will be achieved..."
Mostafa Sayyadi, 2024