Recently, Liberia and Chile elected their first women presidents. Countries like Canada, UK, Germany, New Zealand, & Ireland as well as, Muslim majority countries like Indonesia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh have all had women as elected prime ministers, presidents, or heads of state. Many developing countries like Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), and Israel have also had elected women prime ministers or presidents. Speculate on some reasons why we are yet to have a female President in the United States of America? Are we any closer, if yes or no, justify why or why not?
Transformational leaders are thought to ‘transform’ their followers through Inspirational motivation, Idealized influence, Individualized consideration, and Intellectual stimulation. The central idea is that this type of leadership is effective because of the direct transformative effect that the leader has on their followers. Bearing this type of ‘effect’ in mind, explain how each of these might be manifested in a work environment to achieve the positive outcomes that transformational leadership is thought to have.