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TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP IN

CHALLENGING TIMES

“Success under a good leader is people’s success.”Lao Tzu, Chinese Taoist Philosopher

PETER F. DRUCKER“Managing in Turbulent Times”

Be conscientioous

Manage what there is and work to create what could and should be.

Find and do the work that must be done.

Accept change

The four-act-drama

AgriculturalAge(Farmer)

Industrial Age(Factory/Manualworker)

InformationAge (Knowledge worker)

ConceptualAge(Creating andempathizing worker)

JAMES MacGREGOR BURNS

“The crisis of leadership today is the mediocrity or irresponsibility of so many of the men and women in

power, but leadership rarely rises to the full need of it.”

• Historian

• Presidential Biographer

• Political Scientist

• Authority on Leadership

Transformational leadership occurs when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels of

motivation and morality.That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming

leadership

KEYS TO BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER

HAVE A WELL DEVELOPED PLAN FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION

KNOW YOUR STRENGTHS AND INVEST IN STRENGTHS OF OTHERS

GET PEOPLE WITH THE RIGHT STRENGTHS ON YOUR TEAM

UNDERSTAND AND MEET THE FOUR BASIC NEEDS OF THOSE WHO LOOK TO YOU FOR LEADERSHIP

FOLLOWERS’ FOUR BASIC NEEDS*

TRUSTHONESTY, INTEGRITY AND RESPECT

COMPASSIONCARING, FRIENDSHIP, HAPPINESS AND LOVE

STABILITYSECURITY, STRENGTH, SUPPORT AND PEACE

HOPEDIRECTION, FAITH AND GUIDANCE

*Gallup randomly sampled 10,000 followers between 2005 and 2008. In some cases, more than 1,000 people listed the exact same word (out of 170,000

words in the English Language).

Where to from here?

A Whole New Mind

…Daniel H. Pink

Drive …Daniel H. Pink

Now Discover your Strengths

…Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton

Strengths Based Leadership

…Tom Rath & Barry Conchie

Good to Great

…Jim Collins

Good to Great and the Social Sectors

…Jim Collins

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