James McGregor Burns is a leader that took a very different outlook on leadership theory. His theory, transformational leadership proposes that this "occurs when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels of motivation and morality." In this theory the leader focuses on the needs of his followers and this helps to create a sense of loyalty for the leader and his ideas. In additional to transformational leadership, Burns also contributed greatly to the visionary and aspirational schools of thought. Burns' contributions have improved the leader follower relationship.
Below is a video from one of my favorite movies, Miracle. In this speech the coach inspires his team to perform their best and engages them to play at that higher level.
This slide show is my take on transformational leadership...I hope you enjoy!
Hey Russians are pretty good at hockey too :))But I agree this is a great motivational speech. May be you could have give us more footage to see how the hockey players performed so we know that the speech transform/change their behaviors. OK, OK I know of course the Americans beat the Russians :)
ReplyDeleteAdam I love this movie, and I think the motivational speech is great, really powerful and moralizing. Those who saw the movie could see the impact and transformation on the players behaviors. Those who haven't seen it, need to go watch it!
ReplyDeleteHey Dimitri why are you giving him a hard time, you're not even Russian! haha
Great example of a powerful speech that uses transformational leadership. I haven't seen this movie yet, but this clip makes me want to go rent it and watch it. Thanks for sharing. :)
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