Transformational Leadership Paradigm

Presentation
EDUC 5205 UOIT Spring 2014

Presenters

Corrine McCormick-Brighton

Sandy Odrowski

Virginia Harwood

Presentation Objectives

Discuss the definition, history and theorists in the

transformational leadership paradigm

Examine assumptions underpinning the transformational

leadership paradigm

Discuss how the transformational leadership paradigm

situates power and authority

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the

transformational leadership paradigm for organizations and
groups

Use technology to support our collective learning of the

transformational leadership paradigm

Agenda

History

Bass Model of Transformative Leadership (TL)

The 4 Is of TL

Assumptions of Transformative Leadership

Power and Authority

Roses and Thorns

Instructional Leadership

Closing Remarks

Hold that thought

Take a moment to:

Think about someone you feel is a leader

OR look up leadership quotes online and select

one that resonates with you

Record the name of the person (first name is

fine) and/or your quote on the Padlet

http://padlet.com/wall/1mqhkk3n7pae

We will come back to these later

Transformational Leadership
The Big Picture
Transformational Leadership is a leadership
approach that
Causes change
In individuals
In organizations
In social systems

In the beginning

James MacGregor Burns

(1978)

Introduces concept of
transforming leadership

His research was on

political leaders

Source: Burns (1978) Retrieved from

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/291
096.Transforming_Leadership.

Transforming Leadership
Burns (1978)

inducing followers to act for certain goals that

represent the values and motivations-the wants
and needs, the aspirations and expectations-of
both leaders and followers (p.19)

Leader-follower interactions could be either:

Transactional
Transformational
Source: Burns, J.M. (1978). Leadership. New York: Harper and Row.

Transforming vs. Transactional

Burns (1978)
Transforming

Transactional

Taps into followers higher

needs and values and aligns
to organizational values

Follower caused to act in

certain way

Relationship develops

Focus on exchange of
expected transaction

Inspires and raises

confidence and higher level
of needs

Contingent rewards

Negative rewards

No aspirations of
organizational cultural change

Desire to achieve common,

moral purpose
Work toward change in
organizational culture

Bass Model of Transformational Leadership

Bernard M. Bass (1985) refines and extends the work of Burns (1978):

Paramount focus on followers needs

Transactional and transformational leadership on a continuum

Source: http://nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/transformational_leadership.html.

Leaders charisma (House, 1976) is necessary but extends to emotions

How leaders behaviour impacts follower motivation and performance

Establishes a measure of transformative leadership Multifactor

Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ)

The Heart of Transformational Leadership

The 4 Is
Please take a few minutes to:

View Peter Northouse discussing

Transformational Leadership and the 4 Is
http://bcove.me/1kspq8s9

The 4 Is

The 4 Is Factor Activity

Divide yourselves evenly into the breakout

rooms

We have provided you with a graphic outline

that summarizes the key points for each factor

Consider the four factors in relation to the

quote/leader you noted in the Padlet

Discuss if your selected quote/leader has

elements of the four factors and record your
thoughts on the Padlet

Beyond the Expected

Source: Northhouse (2010).

Assumptions of the TL Model

Power in the TL Model

Who has it?

Why?

Whose authority
drives the
organization?

Roses and Thorns of TL Paradigm

Please visit the whiteboard and jot down a

few ideas

Our thoughts on Roses and Thorns:

ROSES:
~Intuitive Appeal
~Incorporates Needs of
both Constituents & Leader
~Social/Organizational Change (needed)
~Vision (shared vision)
~Team Approach
~Self-Actualized
~Motivates
~Help followers to advance
~Encourage problem solving ~Innovate
(creative)
~Moral/Ethical (trust)

THORNS:
~Presume all followers want to
emulate their leader
~Criticism of MLQ
measurement tool
~Argued as trait based versus
behavioural
~lead to negative outcomes due
to the traits/behaviour of the
leader (manipulative)
~anti-democratic (leaders
vision)

A Word About Instructional Leadership

Developed during the effective movement of

the 1980s

Shift to leader of instructional leaders

(shared instructional leadership)

Focus on the manner in which leadership

improves educational outcomes

Integrated approach when applied with

transformative leadership (Marks & Printy,
2003)

Transformational + Instructional =
Integrated Approach

Source: Rudin, S. (Producer), & Linklater, R. (Director). ( 2003). School of

Rock [Motion picture]. United States: Paramount Pictures.

Questions

Resources

Please refer to the infographic that we

created for you

References
Antonakis, J. (2001). The validity of the transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership
model as measured by the multifactor leadership questionnaire (MLQ 5X). (Order No. 3000380,
Walden University). ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, , 291-291 Retrieved from
http://search.proquest.com.uproxy.library.dc-uoit.ca/docview/230605721?accountid=14694.
(230605721).
Burns, J.M. (1978). Leadership. New York: Harper and Row.
Day, D.V. & Antonakis, J. (2012). The Nature of Leadership (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA. SAGE
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Fairholm, M.R. & Fairholm, G.W. (2009). Understanding Leadership Perspectives. DOI: 10.1007/978-0387-84902-7_1

References
Johns H. E., & Moser, H. R. (2001). From trait to transformation: The evolution of leadership theories.
Education, 110 (1), 115-122.
Marks, H. & Printy, S. (2003). Principal Leadership and School Performance: An integration of
Transformational and Instructional Leadership. Educational Administration
Quarterly, 39 (3), 370-397.
Northouse, P.G. (2010). Leadership: Theory and Practice (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA.: SAGE
Publications, Inc.
Northouse, P.G. (2012). Transformative Leadership Theory [Video]. Retrieved from
http://www.sagepub.com/northouse6e/study/chapter.htm

References
Stewart, J. (2006). Transformational Leadership: An Evolving Concept Examined through the Works of
Burns, Bass, Avolio, and Leithwood. Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy,
54, 1-29.
Rudin, S. (Producer), & Linklater, R. (Director). ( 2003). School of Rock [Motion picture]. United States:
Paramount Pictures.
Tichy, N.M. & Devanna, M.A. (1986, July). The transformative leader. Training and Development
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