Contingency Leadership in 21st Century Leaders Key points: 1) Traditional approaches often fall short in addressing the complex challenges faced by modern organizations. 2) Contingency Leadership offering a more flexible & adaptable approach to leadership. 3) Contingency Leadership recognizes that there is no single 'best' way to lead. But rather leader must be able to diagnose the needs of their team and organization, and then to respond accordingly. 4) In the 21st century, the ability to adapt and respond to change has become absolutely critical for leaders. 5) Consider - rapid technology advancement, globalization, shifting workforce dynamic that have transformed the "business landscape". 6) In this context, leaders who rigidly adhere to single leadership style are likely to struggle! 7) Contingency Leadership framework for 21st century leaders: i) Flexible Leadership - Leader must be able to adjust their leadership style based on the specific needs of the si...
Transformational leadership - Definition, models, and dimensions, strengths and weaknesses, and examples of leaders.
Transformational leadership Definition The concept of transformational leadership was initially introduced by James V. Downton, the first to coin the term "transformational leadership", a concept further developed by leadership expert and presidential biographer James MacGregor Burns. According to Burns, transformational leadership can be seen when "leaders and followers make each other advance to a higher level of morality and motivation." Through the strength of their vision and personality, transformational leaders are able to inspire followers to change expectations, perceptions, and motivations to work towards common goals. Burns also described transformational leaders as those who can move followers up on Maslow's hierarchy, but also move them to go beyond their own interests. Unlike in the transactional approach, it is not based on a "give and take" relationship, but on the leader's personality, traits and ability to make a change through ex...