What constitutes good leadership?’Filtering such questions through a new theoretical framework can be powerful, causing top-down paradigm shifts in the way organizations are run.One framework that has the potential to cause this degree of change is transformational leadership theory.
In this article, we explore its origins, along with several fascinating research findings.The concept of transformational leadership originated with leadership expert and presidential biographer James MacGregor Burns, who was interested in the leadership styles of historical figures such as Mahatma Gandhi and Franklin D.
Roosevelt.In his impactful book Leadership, Burns (1978, p. 20) describes transformational leaders as those who engage with followers such.
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