Image objects and preload all active and inactive images. Research suggests that the most successful managers today employ a style called transformational leadership. They are managers who enlist employees to help construct the organizational culture, discover opportunities and develop plans to take advantage of them.
Transformational leaders provide a vision of the firm to be shared by people at all levels.
They recognize that people have many talents and contributions to make, so they empower and encourage subordinates. Transformational leaders differ markedly from the old-style authority figures who separate themselves from subordinates, send plans and orders how to carry them out down through layers of bureaucracy. The old-style leaders controlled the rewards for complying with the directives. This new style of leadership is interactive. Individuals using this style are characterized as encouraging participation, sharing power and information and getting others excited about their work.