1. Overall Success as a Leader Successful Leadership Qualities o Integrity, competence, consistency, loyalty (Robbins & Judge, 2011) o Charisma, knowledge, expertise, judgment, ability to influence followers o Visioning ability to unite people with a sense of purpose, unity and a common direction (Pierce & Newstrom, 2011) Transformational Leadership o Incorporates charismatic and visionary leadership (Northouse, 2010) o Adapts well to the needs of today’s work groups o Emphasis on intrinsic motivation, follower development and empowerment (Bass & Riggio, 2006) o Occurs when people “raise one another to higher levels of motivation and morality,” (Bass as cited by Kouzes & Posner, 2002) o Most admired and successful leaders are often defined as transformational

2. Successful Transformational Leaders Kouzes and Posner Strategies for Practicing Exemplary Leadership (Northouse, 2011) o Sam Walton, Founder, WalMart Challenge the Process = Successful business and customer service models o Yvon Chouinard, Founder, Patagonia Inspire a Shared Vision = Sustainability Initiatives o Anita Roddick, Founder, The Body Shop Encourage the Heart = Corporate Responsibility o Steve Jobs, co-Founder, CEO, Apple Enable Others to Act = Motivating Innovation and Risk-Taking o Bill Gates, co-Founder, Chairman, Microsoft Model the Way = Clarifying Personal and Professional Goals

3. References Bass, B.M., and Riggio, R.E. (2006). Transformational leadership (2 nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Kouzes, J.M. and Posner, B.Z. (2002). The leadership challenge (3 rd ed.) San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Northouse, P.G. (2010). Leadership: Theory and practice. (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Pierce, J. L. & Newstrom, J.W. (2011). Leaders and the leadership process. (6th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill. Robbins, S. P., and Judge, T. A. (2011). Organizational Behavior (14th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.