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Transformational Leadership Theory

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Transactional leaders focus on gaining compliance by giving and withholding rewards and benefits. Transformational leadership theory is supported by nearly 30 years of research correlating transformational leadership to positive performance outcomes including individual, group and organizational level variables. Why Theory.

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Style Theory

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Blake and Mouton ran with this idea, developing a model for training leaders that describes leadership behaviors as plots on a grid with two axes: concern for results (task behaviors) and concern for people (relationship behavior). Intro to Leadership Theory. Why Theory. A Word on Theory. Trait Theory.