Transformational

Leadership:
Tips from the Alliance for Fair
Labor

Hope Bodenschatz, Kyle Bradley, Duneshka Cruz,

Erin Doolin, Hannah Lehew, Alexia Mazzarella
What is Transformational
Leadership?
The Leader

Identifies a Need for Change

Creates a vision to guide the change

Inspires others

Executes change through

communication
Advantages: Disadvantages:
Clear Vision Can Be Abused
High Productivity Loss of Details
Promotes Enthusiasm May Overlook Reality
Examples of Transformational
Leaders
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ADOLF HITLER
Abuse of transformational leadership power
Vision - The Dream
Inspirational Speaker Vision - Bringing Germany back from Great Depression
and policies imposed post-WWI
Worked with followers to make
change Deception
Where Is It Most Effective?

Punctuated change is substantially different from continuous change, because the

need for this type of change is usually urgent due to external pressures, and the
change itself is rapid, which involves the dismantling of the organization's deep
structure to create a new paradigm (Gersick, 1994).

Internal Environment

External Environment
Who Is Most Effective?

Studies have shown that the Big Five personality traits of Openness and
Agreeableness are positively correlated

Charismatic and passionate

When subordinates are less assertive, self confident, and independent

Less effective when subordinates are goal oriented or when they view their leader
as prototypical of them
How Can We Achieve This?

Be passionate
Communicate
Lead by example; act with integrity
Rise to meet adversity
Leave no voice unheard
Big picture focus
Embrace diversity of thought
Failure is a learning opportunity
Our Thoughts
on Leadership
Our Mission Haiku

INNOVATE always
INTEGRATE all ideas
INSPIRE greatness
Acts With
Integrity
Has a Clear
Moral
Compass
Reflection
 Foster
Collaborative
Environments
Creativity and
Change
Communicat
e Effectively
Motivation
Clear Vision
Objectives
Act with integrity

Reflect

Foster collaborative environments

Communicate effectively
How We Got Here
Presenters
Service Project
Summer Readings
Class Activities
Reflective Journals
Where Were Going: Action Plan
Thank You!
To Dr. Oz

To our TAs Boris Kris and Maddie Taylor

To all the TAs for your help

To our classmates

And to the world

QUESTIONS?