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Introduction to Gandhi
One of the most influential world leaders and is widely considered the
father of his country.
Born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India.
He studied law in London, England.
In 1893, he went to South Africa, where he spent 20 years opposing
discriminatory legislation against Indians.
Advocate for the rights of Indians, in India and South Africa.
Leader of the Indian nationalist movement against British rule.
Became a leader of India's independence movement, organizing
boycotts against British institutions in peaceful forms of civil
disobedience.
His doctrine of non-violent protest to achieve political and social
progress has been hugely influential.
Killed by a fanatic in 1948 in New Delhi, India.
http://www.biography.com/people/mahatma-gandhi-9305898
What is Transformational
Leadership?
A leadership style that focuses on creating gradual change in
organizations by a commitment to the organization’s vision.
It defines people’s mission and vision, renews their commitment, and
restructures their systems for goal accomplishment.
Characteristics of transformational leaders:
•Inspirational
• Trustworthy
• Charismatic role models who lead by example
•Understand the strengths and weaknesses of their group and align
them to optimize performance to reach goals
•Engage members of their group to also become leaders
•Foster high levels of personal commitment from their supporters to
achieve a shared goal
•Set goals with high standards in mind
•Exceed typical achievements
http://www.pachamama.org/transformational-leadership research-methodology.net
4 Steps of Transformational
Leadership
1. Challenge the process-This is the first step in the process of
transformational leadership. Find something that needs to be changed.
3. Enable others to act-Give followers the tools and methods to solve the
problem. Lay out a specific plan of action and let everyone know what they
must do to make the change happen.
4. Model the way-Show that it can be done. The leader does what he is
asking of the followers. They work side by side to accomplish this goal.
How was Gandhi a
Transformational Leader?
He strived to heighten the motivation of himself and his followers.
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kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/
enc_gandhi_mohandas_karamchand_1869_1948/
Challenge the Process
In the opening scene of the film, Gandhi demonstrates transformational
leadership in trying to make changes in South African society.
He sees that life there is different, as the white men on the train are
telling Gandhi that there are no colored attorneys in South Africa.
This problem relates to racism due to the fact that colored people do
not have special rights in South Africa, and they are ruled poorly by the
British.
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very-time-a-book-is-banned-a-demon-gets-its-
wings/
Challenge the Process
Another major problem emphasized in the film is that Gandhi worked to
eliminate is the Indigo/crop problem.
This problem exists because the British will not buy indigo from Indian
farmers because Britain already grows it.
In 1917, the poor peasants, the indigo growers, invited Gandhi to
Champaran in Bihar to see for himself the problems of the much
exploited peasants there.
In the beginning, the land was owned by the local people.
Later, the white people from Britain grabbed the land and instead of the
traditional sugar cane cultivation, the white people forced the people to
enter into indigo cultivation.
The British Indigo planters coerced the poor people to grow indigo on 15
per cent of their land and part with the whole crop for rent.
Indigo cultivation was profitable only for the British.
The local peasants had only misery and poverty.
http://sushlaventulip06.blogspot.com/2013/09/vi
bgyor-series-i-for-indigo-indigo.html
Inspire a Shared Vision
Gandhi inspires a shared vision when he addresses a speech to solve
the problem of poverty in India.
Many people during the early 1900’s across India were living in poverty.
They had a scarce amount of food water, little clothing, and no shelter.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/mahatma-gandhi-
s-famous-speech-at-kingsley-hall-in-1931-138262 http://www.gandhiserve.org/e/
Inspire a Shared Vision
Gandhi tells the British to leave India so that change can be made.
He gives them four reasons as to why they must leave:
1. There are 350,000 million Indians and 100,000 British - the British
are largely outnumbered.
2. Indians should be allowed to deal with their own problems.
3. The British humiliate the Indian people.
4. Indians would prefer to have a bad government then an allied one.
Also, Gandhi says, “It doesn’t matter what religion people are, they are
all God’s children.”
Gandhi says this to inspire non-violence and reconciliation in the angry
crowd protesting outside his ashram.
http://www.freedomfightersonline.com/
Enable others to act
Gandhi inspires the people of India how to act toward British tyranny in
order to change it.
Gandhi lays out a specific plan of action and let everyone know what
they must do to make the change happen.
http://forusa.org/blogs/for/peace-quotes-mahatma-gandhi/10229
Enable others to act
Gandhi suggests a method in order to solve the problem of imported
cloth which took income away form Indians.
He suggests that the Indians should stop buying British goods and make
their own clothing, “homespun.”
Gandhi argued that India’s self-rule could only be achieved if it became
self-sufficient, and he urged people to take up spinning and wear only
home-spun clothing.
In the beginning of the film, Gandhi wore suits and professional clothing,
but as the cloth problem expanded, Gandhi always wore homespun
clothing.
https://my.hamilton.edu/news/story/clothing-gandhis-nation-
homespun-and-modern-india
Model the way
Gandhi models the way by wearing traditional Indian clothing rather than
a suit.
His rational for this is that he wants to support his comrades in prison.
This scene shows the characteristic of modeling because Gandhi shows
that the problem can be solved.
He stands up for what he believes is right.
http://aurorasvoice.org/index.php?option=com_content&view
=article&id=89:season-for-nonviolence-2012&catid=4:news-
archive&Itemid=9
Model the way
The Salt March, (took place from March to April 1930 in India), was an
act of civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi to protest British rule
in India.
During the march, thousands of Indians followed Gandhi from his
religious retreat near Ahmedabad to the Arabian Sea coast, a distance
of approximately 240 miles.
The march resulted in the arrest of nearly 60,000 people, including
Gandhi himself.
On a positive note, India finally was granted its independence in 1947.
In this example, Gandhi demonstrates how to make the changes that
are needed.
He shows that it can be done.
http://www.history.com/topics/salt-march http://beautifultrouble.org/case/the-salt-march/
4 Characteristics of
Transformational Leadership
1. Idealized influence-being a charismatic role model who builds
confidence and trust.
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Idealized Influence
Transformational leaders strive towards creating idealized influence by:
• Leading by example
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2L_Mod2_Ch7_Leadership_Schools_of__ http://indiandefence.com/threads/the-discovery-of-india-
574B8BF2CB81E.pdf bharat-ek-khoj.44751/
Inspirational Motivation
Transformational leaders inspire followers toward new ideas or goals.
• Making sure each follower had a role in the fulfillment of the shared
vision, and setting high standards for the followers to attain
objectives
http://mama.indstate.edu/users/johannes/ch5_f99.html
Intellectual Stimulation
Transformational leaders raise their follower’s awareness regarding
problems and develop their capacity to solve such problems in many
ways.
http://www.pachamama.org/transformational-leadership http://quoteko.com/gandhi-praying.html
Individualized Consideration
The transformational leader treats each follower as a “whole” individual
rather than as an employee and considers the individual’s talents and
levels of knowledge to decide what suits him or her to reach higher
levels of attainment.
A transformational leader applies such individual considerations by:
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nsformationalLeadershipReport.pdf http://lifepositive.com/the-age-of-gandhi/
Conclusion
Transformational leadership is leadership style that focuses on creating
gradual change in organizations by a commitment to the organization’s
vision.
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tma-gandhi
Conclusion
Transformational leaders are:
• Inspirational
• Trustworthy
• Charismatic role models who lead by example.
• Understand the strengths and weaknesses of their team and align
them with tasks and goals to optimize performance.
• Engage their followers in a way that moves them to also become
leaders.
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