After reading both burns’ and bass’ articles, I realized that both transactional and transformational leadership are effective methods of leading in modern-day. They are polar opposites in the sense that transactional leadership uses an incentive for motivation while transformative leadership is more personal, working for the progress of the community as a whole. When I think of transactional leadership\u00a0I think of a business person who is negotiating for their personal gain. Although the follower would be gaining something in the process of this transaction, I do not think that this is a very effective way of leading.<\/p>\n
Transformational leadership, I think most would agree, is a more effective way of leading. As the leader grows, they bring the people up with them. Instead of exchanging goods for mutual gain, transformational leadership focuses on the progress of society as a whole. As a follower, I believe that looking up to a leader that has your personal well being in mind is much more desirable than looking up to someone that benefits you, but for their own personal gain. Obviously, there are scenarios where each leadership\u00a0tactic is more effective, but it seems to me that in general, people would prefer their leaders to be transformational rather than transactional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After reading both burns’ and bass’ articles, I realized that both transactional and transformational leadership are effective methods of leading in modern-day. They are polar…<\/p>\n