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According to an article about safety leadership; the author, Sharon Clarke, mentions that within an organization where safety is key; “active transactional leadership should have a positive role to play in workplace safety”. Positives of transactional leadership include employees learning from their mistakes, “the opportunity for error recovery” (Clarke, 2013), aversion of hazards occurring and safety compliance. It follows the zero tolerance policy. Transactional leadership has downfalls as well. For example, unless a leader backs up (follows through) with his threats of punishment; staff members will not take his/her commands seriously. Worth (2014) claims this type is only effective in the “short run”. Secondly this type of reward/punishment procedure doesn’t motivate staff members to change their behaviors or attitudes very well. Instead they would require a leader with a more transformational approach. As this leadership style has been researched “it has tended to be viewed in a negative light, being characterized as corrective leadership” (Zohar, 2002). The opposite of transactional leadership is that of transformation. A transactional leadership style can easily be rerouted to a transformational type all in the way a leader speaks to his subordinates. By rewording harsh threats to
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Famous charismatic leaders include Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple, Inc. and Pixar, Ronald Reagan our even our current President Barak Obama. The reason that these influential people were called charismatic leaders is because they possess(ed) charisma. One could pretty much say that the main focus and intention of a charismatic leader is on a specific vision. This vision may be unconventional but not so extreme to the point of craziness. A charismatic leader will pursue any route, take risks and make sacrifices in pursuit of this vision. They will also display confidence and use “persuasive appeals to influence followers” (Worth, 2014). Martin Luther King was also considered a charismatic leader and although he didn’t live long enough to see his dream fulfilled he made a serious impact in this world by his moving speech. His words will forever live
Famous charismatic leaders include Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple, Inc. and Pixar, Ronald Reagan our even our current President Barak Obama. The reason that these influential people were called charismatic leaders is because they possess(ed) charisma. One could pretty much say that the main focus and intention of a charismatic leader is on a specific vision. This vision may be unconventional but not so extreme to the point of craziness. A charismatic leader will pursue any route, take risks and make sacrifices in pursuit of this vision. They will also display confidence and use “persuasive appeals to influence followers” (Worth, 2014). Martin Luther King was also considered a charismatic leader and although he didn’t live long enough to see his dream fulfilled he made a serious impact in this world by his moving speech. His words will forever live