Transformational Leadership for Beginners

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About this course

Start your journey with transformational leadership through practical examples.

  • 7 lessons
  • 45 min
  • beginner

What you'll learn

  • Define transformational leadership and its core purpose
  • Explain how transformational leaders differ from transactional leaders
  • Identify why organizations need transformational leadership for growth and change
  • Trace the development of transformational leadership theory from 1973 to 1985
  • Recognize the contributions of Downton, Burns, and Bass to the field
  • Understand why Burns' 1978 book 'Leadership' became a landmark in leadership studies

Finishing the course

  • 28 knowledge-check questions along the way, so you know the ideas stuck before you move on.
  • Watching is free and needs no account. Sign in to save your progress. Pass each lesson's quiz (60%+) to earn the certificate. Each certificate has its own public verification link to share, marked quiz-verified.
  • Part of the Leadership Development Journey learning path. Enrol in the path and finish its required courses to earn one certificate for all of them.