Leadership Analysis: Mandela's Analysis Of Transformational Leadership

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2.0 Analysis: -

2.1. Scene 1: - Mandela Invites Pienaar: -
Mandel invites Francois Pienaar, a white Afrikaner and South African (Springbok) Rugby team captain, at the government office and motivates him to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
2.1.1. Analysis & Theory Integration: -
In this scene, Mandela invites Pienaar at the president office. Pienaar appears with the doubt for the purpose behind his invitation. Mandela welcomes him warmly and with much respect as a sign of appreciation for his job as a captain. Mandela challenges him by asking ‘What is your philosophy on leadership. How do you inspire your team to do their best and be better than they think they can be?’ Pienaar replied by Example! Mandela counsels Pienaar, that team’s victory
“With transformational leadership, the followers feel trust, admiration, loyalty, and respect towards the leader, and they are more motivated to do more than they originally expected to
He requests them to forgive and accept the Afrikaner as fellow South Africans and partners in democracy. Also, demands to build the nation and fight to eliminate racism. This is an example of participative leadership. He believed vengeance is not a solution to improve, in between understanding is a proper solution to move forward. (Nealson, 1965). In another scene, a conversation between Mandela and Jason (black security) who was not happy to assign White as Special security, Mandela persuades him to change the views on whites who has done injustices to them and to forget the past through reconciliation and forgiveness. For the betterment of the country, forgiveness and reconciliation were essential between the two sides. If he can forgive, everyone else in the country can too. Mandela demonstrated that a good leader should be forgiving and always try to create peace with enemies instead of trying to revenge. After winning the world cup, a reporter says Pienaar that the win was not possible without the support of 63,000 South Africans in the arena. Pienaar replies to the reporter “We did not have the support of 63,000 South Africans. We had the support of 43 million South Africans.” It is a very powerful message coming from a White Afrikaner and a

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