﻿Welcome back and let's continue. A great leader is one that achieves
the highest levels of motivation, success and sacrifice by his or her team members.
We can say that a transformational leader transforms and changes people by working
with standards, feelings, values and the organization’s goals.
Transformational leaders have always in mind that their team members are
human beings and thus, they treat them with the highest respect.
And by doing this, they improve their bond, the bond between workers
and leaders or managers. Because does not everybody want
to be treated with the highest standards of respect and maturity?
It is easy to see that the team workers of a transformational leader tend to be
more aligned with their leader’s goals and objectives
because they can trust their leader, they feel admiration and loyalty.
All those qualities make the transformational leader a key player
to make people walk the extra mile. What a transformational leader offers,
is something more than just working for some profit or a new status.
They share a common goal with every member of the team
and make them share the vision. They create a group
where people want to be in. By encouraging his or her followers,
this leader will see how the team members will come up with new and unique ways
to challenge the status quo and change the general team, making them have
a better environment where it is possible to be successful in every task.
But how do we achieve this? By applying the 4 I’s.
The first of the 4 I’s is the “Idealized Influence”.
As we said before, leaders should be admired,
respected and trusted. What a leader looks for,
is that the team members identify with the leaders and want to emulate them.
Thus, we can say that there are some main features
that every transformational leader has to take care of.
First of them, the leader’s behavior. And second, all the elements
the leader wants in the mind of his or her teammates.
But to achieve this, leaders must be willing to take risks
and also, they must be consistent rather than arbitrary.
The second step is the “Inspirational Motivation”.
In order to transform others, it is important to provide a clear goal
and to motivate and inspire others by providing meaning and challenge
to their teammates’ work. A great leader has to get
his or her team members involved in envisioning attractive future states.
So, we can say that leaders have great communication skills and transmit
the expectations in a clear way to their team members.
And those members want to meet and excel in the expectations and show commitment
with their shared objectives and vision.
After that, we should intellectually stimulate our team.
When we speak of “Intellectual Stimulation”, we mean that we want to make our teammates
be more innovative and creative. We can achieve this by making them nurture
a questioning attitude, always challenging the basic assumptions, trusting,
but verifying what the leader says. And also by reframing challenges
and looking for new approaches for every problem.
The fact that something has always been done the same way,
does not mean that it cannot be improved and changed.
Creativity must be encouraged and members’ mistakes and errors
should not be made public, all the criticism should be included
in strong feedback in a positive way to avoid making the member feel attacked.
Finally, the last step is “Individualized Consideration”.
We must remember that each team member
has his or her own needs that have to be cared for.
Everybody needs achievement and looks for growth in his/her role position.
So a transformational leader is a mentor and a coach.
When everybody feels important for the leader, their commitment rises.
A good leader demonstrates acceptance of individual differences,
trying to see their workers as people, rather than just employees or resources
to be located from one place to another.
After this video, there is a link to an interesting webpage
where you can find more information and another approach to this subject.