TRANSFORMATIVE VISIONARY LEADERSHIP

TRANSFORMATIVE VISIONARY LEADERSHIP

People will always follow a person who inspires them and sometimes many are following wrong leaders based on tribal lines that we rarely open our eyes towards the reality and truth.

A person with vision and passion can achieve great things, if only his eyes look up towards God and conducting the self with humility. The way to get things done is by injecting enthusiasm and energy and appreciating everyone for the work she or he does.

STYLE

Working for a transformative leadership can be a wonderful and uplifting experience, for they put passion and energy into everything and this brings great contentment to all.

THE MIND FACTORY

Transformative leadership starts with the development a clear vision, a view of the future that will excite and convert potential followers. People are passionate once they see hope and future in the leader, it drives them to wholly put their lives in the hands of the leader, which sometimes the political leaders dash that hope once they forget the vision.

This vision may be developed by the leader, by the senior team or may emerge from a broad series of discussions. The important factor is the leader buys into it. Developing the story is all about making your followers see and believe in the vision.

BRANDING THE VISION

Selling the vision is all about a brand. This takes energy and commitment, hence people will immediately buy into a radical vision, and some will join the show much more slowly than others. The transformative  leadership thus takes every opportunity and will use whatever works to convince others to climb on board the bandwagon. The transformative leader has to be very careful in creating trust, and their personal integrity is a critical part of the package that they are selling. In effect, they are selling themselves as well as the vision.

DARING THE FUTURE

In parallel with the selling activity is seeking the way forward. Some transformative leadership skills should always direct the people to see and feel the difference desired. This is a true strategy, that brings happiness leading to the exploration of possible routes to the promised land. 

The route forwards may not be obvious and may not be plotted in detail, but with a clear vision all can always come on board. Thus, finding the way forward can be an ongoing process of course correction, and the transformative leader will accept that there will be failures and blind canyons along the way. As long as they feel progress is being made, they will be happy.

HITTING THE ROAD RUNNING

The final stage is to remain up-front and central during the action. transformative leaders are always visible and will stand up to be counted rather than hide behind their troops. They show by their attitudes and actions how everyone else should behave. 

They also make continued efforts to motivate and rally their followers, constantly doing the rounds, listening, soothing and enthusing. It is their unswerving commitment as much as anything else that keeps people going, particularly through the darker times when some may question whether the vision can ever be achieved. 

If the people do not believe that they can succeed, then their efforts will be dashed. The transformative Leader ought to model well and behave well before his followers, not showing arrogance or pride, for vision is the discipline of every authentic leader.

One of the methods the transformative Leader must sustain motivation in the use of ceremonies, rituals and other cultural symbolism. Small changes get big hurrahs, pumping up their significance as indicators of real progress. 

Overall, they balance their attention between action that creates progress and the mental state of their followers. Perhaps more than other approaches, they are people-oriented and believe that success comes first and last through deep and sustained commitment. 

Whilst the transformative leader seeks overtly to transform the organization, there is also a tacit promise to followers that they also will be transformed in some way, perhaps to be more like this amazing leader.

In some respects, then, the followers are soldiers of transformation. transformative leaders are often charismatic, but are not as narcissistic as pure Charismatic Leaders, who succeed through a belief in themselves rather than a belief in others.

One of the traps of transformative Leadership is that passion and confidence can easily be mistaken for truth and reality. Whilst it is true that great things have been achieved through enthusiastic leadership, it is also true that many passionate people have led the charge right over the cliff and into a bottomless chasm. Just because someone creeds they are right, it does not mean they always right.

Paradoxically, the energy that gets people going can also cause them to give up. transformative leaders often have large amounts of enthusiasm which, if relentlessly applied, can wear out their followers. Transformative leaders must see the big picture, but not the details, where the devil often lurks. If they do not have people to take care of this level of information, then they are usually doomed to fail. 

Finally, transformative leaders, by definition, seek to transform. When the organization does not need transforming and people are happy as they are, then such a leader will be frustrated. Like wartime leaders, however, given the right situation they come into their own and can be personally responsible for saving entire companies, community and country.