Attachment D to EO M403.02 TRANSACTIONAL AND TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Transactional leadership. Leaders exchange promises of rewards and benefits to team members so the team members will fulfill agreements with the leaders. This type of leadership is task-oriented. The leader sets the rules and procedures to complete a task and the team members comply with the rules and follow the procedures to accomplish the task.
Transactional Leadership:
Values problem and solution identification.
Makes decisions – even if everyone has not been heard – in order to move forward.
Uses standards and principles as guides in decision making.
Develops the self to be a better decision maker for the group.
Gets things done.
Recognizes the importance of the product.
Takes charge (personal power).
Transformational leadership. Focuses on the process of being a leader by helping team members transform themselves from followers into leaders. Transformational leadership involves assisting team members to transcend their own self-interest for the good of the group, organization or society; to consider their long-term needs to develop themselves, rather than their immediate needs; and generally, to become more aware of what is really important.
Transformational Leadership:
Values the participation and contribution of others.
Takes all viewpoints and advice into account before making a decision.
Considers individuals within their contexts and situations.
Uses individuals to test decisions.
Develops the self first to be a better contributor to the group.
Learns from experiences to generalize to ‘real life’.
Recognizes the importance of the process.
Shares leadership (group power).
Leadership within the cadet program has been designed to create transformational leadership. Transformational leadership enables the Cadet Program to meet its first aim—to develop in youth the attributes of good citizenship and leadership. |
Transactional leadership focuses on the skills and tasks associated with leadership, such as public speaking, writing, delegating authority, leading meetings and making decisions. It is what people who are leaders do. Transformational leadership focuses on the process of leadership and what it means to be a leader. It is concerned with how individuals use their abilities to influence people. Think of the main difference between transactional and transformational leadership as doing leadership tasks versus being a leader.
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