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With regards to transformational leadership, The factory leader also made failures. Firstly, a good leader with transformational leadership is fully trusted by his workers. However, the factory’s shift supervisor, the leader, Allen, lacked trust to his employees. One example of this lack of trust took place in Jefferson's Parish. A state official claimed that FEMA officials had cut the communications lines to the county without notice. The official claimed he restored the lines and posted deputies to protect them from FEMA officials. In this instance, local officials did not trust FEMA's leadership's decisions and actively went against them.

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