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Director As A Transformational Leader
Director As A Transformational Leader
Director As A Transformational Leader
Leader
Madhavi Srinivas
Co-founder
eMBArkers
Transformational Leaders
“Leaders are truly transformational when they
increase awareness of what is right, good,
important and beautiful, when they help to
elevate followers' needs for achievement and
self-actualisation, when they foster in followers
high moral maturity, and when they move
followers to go beyond their self-interests for the
good of their group, organisation or society.”
Prof Bernard Bass
Lee Kuan Yew
The first Prime Minister of Singapore who transformed the small country to a thriving
economic entity. He believed in meritocracy, strong human capital enrichment and in an
ideology that ‘works,’ not in an ideology for ideology sake.
Mahatma Gandhi
He had no formal power vested in him. Yet, he achieved what he believed in, using only
peaceful, non-violent means.
He was able to unite people to a cause they believed in.
He was able to walk off from centre stage when the mission was accomplished.
Mahatma Gandhi
1:08 – 2:22
A few Attributes of a Transformational
Leader
• Envisage a bold vision
• Rally people emotionally
• Encourage constructive dissent
• Build the institution, for posterity
• Let go when the time comes
• ……
The impact of the Transformational Leader
• Builds trust
• Builds self-confidence of the team
• Engenders responsibility taking by the team
• Builds a culture of objective reasoning, as
against blind following
• Everybody gets their due
• Makes everybody accountable
• …..
The Business School Director’s Context – A
Simplistic Reduction!
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