The Importance Of Transformational Style Of Leadership

Recently, the Community College of Beaver County, CCBC, decided to reorganize and restructure the departments located in the Academic Support Services division. Throughout the campus, the college employs transformational leadership. The administrative leaders exhibit the transformational leadership style that has the ability to inspire and align the employees’ interests by empowering, supporting, encouraging, and recognizing employees for their efforts. As a requirement for the position, the transformational style of leadership is recommended for a candidate to possess for the hiring of a new manager, and the strategies are mentioned for the college as to why this type of leadership exists and fits into the culture of the college. Also,

Though transformational leaders are known for their big picture vision and inspirations, they sometimes struggle with detail orientation. Transformational leaders need to surround themselves with support from more organized and detail-oriented people, such as other administrators or additional leadership team members that help keep the transformational leader 's vision moving in the right

There was some resistance from the employees when they were informed they were going to report to a new manager instead of their direct supervisor. Many employees were worried that their positions were going to be changed or phased out altogether. It is very important for the new manager to motivate and empower the employees so that they are less resistant to the reorganization. Also, it is important for the new manager to pay close attention to the needs of the employees’ and establishing a level of respect, which could lead to better job satisfaction and reduce the level of stress and conflict for the employees. Also, there was resistance in the department as to why another employee was not determined to be a qualified replacement. There were opportunities for the current staff to inquire about the position; however, it was deemed none of the employees had the qualifications for the position. None of the staff members held a Master’s Degree, which was a qualification for the position; therefore, administration decided to hire someone outside of the college. Furthermore, there were no current managers who were interested in applying for the position because they decided to stay in their respective