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Transformational Leadership: A Quick Start Guide

By John Esser, Nicole Forsgren, Chivas Nambiar, Julia Wester, Dan Zentgraf

Growing, Supporting, and Empowering People to Amplify Change in Organizations

Sometimes we attribute the “secret sauce” of success to technology or product, but what if a truly strategic advantage originated from the team or organization’s leadership style?

The characteristics and attributes of “transformational leadership” have been shown to do just that.

Organizations and teams with transformational leaders obtain better business results.

Transformational leadership is a predictive factor in software delivery and organizational performance, with high-performing teams having leaders with the strongest transformational leadership traits.

Strong transformational leaders also create a good work climate and culture for their teams, with their employees reporting the highest employee Net Promoter Scores.

This paper will help leaders identify behaviors, attributes, and areas for improvement.

Features

  • Five Dimensions

    This paper clearly illustrates the five dimensions of transformational leadership: vision, intellectual stimulation, inspiration communications, supportive leadership, and personal recognition.

  • Expert Authors

    This paper is written by experienced leaders who have led their own leadership transformations within large enterprise organizations.

  • Measurements & Metrics

    This paper goes beyond theory and provides clear measurements of transformation leadership to help leadership and organization improve.

  • For Practitioners and Leaders

    Change Agents can come from anywhere on the org chart. This paper directly provides guidance on how to lead change no matter your role or title.

About the Resource

Sometimes we attribute the “secret sauce” of success to technology or product, but what if a truly strategic advantage originated from the team or organization’s leadership style?

The characteristics and attributes of “transformational leadership” have been shown to do just that.

Organizations and teams with transformational leaders obtain better business results.

Transformational leadership is a predictive factor in software delivery and organizational performance, with high-performing teams having leaders with the strongest transformational leadership traits.

Strong transformational leaders also create a good work climate and culture for their teams, with their employees reporting the highest employee Net Promoter Scores.

This paper will help leaders identify behaviors, attributes, and areas for improvement.

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John Esser

John Esser

Chief Executive Officer at Veracity Solutions

To Author Archive

"We’ve made good use of the 2018 DevOps Enterprise Forum ‘Transformational Leadership: A Quick Start Guide’, over several iterations of change here. We’ve found it a great resource to help structure and focus our efforts as leaders to improve ways of working, and the effectiveness with which we deliver value to our colleagues, our customers, and to our business."

Brendan Hole

Director of TV & VAS Technology, Networks, BT Group

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