One leadership theory that is relevant to my internship is transactional and transformational leadership. Transactional leaders tend to use rewards and punishments to achieve results. They stress correct actions to improve performance. Transformational leaders attend to needs of followers, stimulate followers intellectually, inspire and motivate followers with a vision, and serve as a role model for followers. Our manager Igor definitely applies both leadership styles to run the office so that people are motivated and our office is setting the pace on charity campaign.<\/p>\n
As a business that focuses on performance, rewards account for a large part of our organizational culture. For example, there is going to be a party as the reward for signing up 200 for the Humane Society within a week. When our customers stay with the Humane Society for more than two months, we will get bonus on payment. Even when it was just us playing a game, Igor gave 100 dollar cash as the reward for the winner to motivate us to go to the field with more energy. Although rewards are important, they are not the only part of his leadership style or the business. He likes to tell us his story on how he becomes a business owner with determination and extremely hard work to set himself as the goal and the role model for us. He encourages us to speak with him about our questions and concern. For example, he is always available at the team night on Thursday evenings when everyone can talk to him. He continuously paints a big picture of success for us with money, freedom, and excitement. Building on transactional leadership, transformational leadership makes it more effective to motivate and inspire followers to work harder to achieve their success and the office\u2019s success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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