Reflection On Transformational Leadership

The author is a professor of the practice of professional communication and the director of programs for communication excellence at Rice University and has taught communications for the past 25 years. Proficient communication is essential for effective leadership, and this text reinforces the essential teachings of effective communication of leaders to their diverse audiences with a focus on transformational leadership. Barret asserted that leadership communication is a controlled, purposeful transfer of meaning by which individuals influence others by using the full range of one 's ability and resources to connect positively with an audience, overcoming interferences, and create and deliver messages that guide, direct messages that guide,

Transformational leaders can get these kind results by inspiring them with charisma, meeting emotional needs of each employee, or intellectually stimulating them. Transformational leadership seems to stand in opposition to transactional leadership. Transactional leadership is a reciprocal relationship based on punishment and reward, but the transformational leader provides a vision sensing mission and instills pride gives followers intrinsic motivation to perform.

Personal reflection

From this article, I learned the transformational leadership is a more effective method of leadership than the conventional transactional form of leadership that is still prevalent today. Transformational leadership sees followers as ends in themselves and not as a means to some other end that does not have their mutual interests in mind. It becomes my job as a leader to promote the vision and perform with the commitment of all the members of the group. It is good to know that Transformational leadership can be learned, and it should be part of management training and development for every