Transforming Leadership seems to be a very effective leadership style. In Burns’s article, he suggests that leaders and followers raise each other to higher levels of motivation and morality. I feel this to be an effective leadership style because having the leaders and followers rasing each other higher and higher can improve any environment. An example Burns gave was Gandhi and he was an effective leader while using this method.
The other form of leadership in Burns’s article was called transactional leadership. This style is when one person takes initiative in making contact with others in exchange for other valued things. Burns says it is mainly political or economic. I feel as though this is the main one used today because it is shown to be used in a political background.
Burns’ elaboration on how leaders build up their followers is provocative. In essence, transformational leadership is the style of leadership that leads to the creation of more leaders. I wonder, then, if transformational leadership could be used to the extent of everyone becoming a leader. Although my understanding of transactional leadership is not as clear, could transactional leadership rise as a more effective way to lead?