28Leadership Drive

Leadership boils down to one essential: “Getting people working together efficiently.” Leadership is the art and science of organizing multiple personalities to achieve a mutual purpose. 50-75% of failed leaders could not organize and run an effective leadership process.

After all was said and done, dismissed leaders lacked emotional awareness to empower people. The bottom line is organizational achievement. The transformation leadership theory is the most popular model today in organizational leadership processes.

What is a Transformational Leader?

Who me, lead.

Research indicates transformational leaders have more success in achieving organizational goals than other models. Leadership is relationships. By formal or informal appointment, leaders are expected to have relational wisdom. The 50-75% of leaders who failed, failed not because of lack of competence, but who they were.

When leaders are poor performers usually they are the last to know. Here’s one example, deprived leaders over-estimate their skills to handle stressful situations. Their inept reactions to stressful situations befuddle members and leaves them wondering about their leader’s inner wisdom.

“The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with
himself.”
- Blaine Lee, The Power Principle

The Wise Leader

Leaders who lack emotional intelligence will find it complex to form effective organizations. It is beyond their scope. Leadership is about relationships, positive relations which empower group members. It influence members to achieve, to reach for a higher standard, this is transformational leadership.

To empower others you must know yourself. By knowing yourself you can deal honestly and truthfully with group members. You can express empathy without it being stressful. People work their hardest for people they “honestly see” they care about their well-being.

Are you a Transformational Leader?

Agree or Disagree:

• Are members inspired by your vision?
• Are you compassionate by deeds?
• Do you motivate members?
• Do members avoid requesting your guidance?
• Do you challenge members to be authentic?
• Do you micromanage?
• Does others disagreeing offend you sometimes?
• Do you light up a room?
• Do you build a culture of leaders or followers?
• Are you formally evaluated yearly as a leader?
• Do you influence?

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Robert Williams