leadership challenge
1. Using this chapter’s content, identify one leader in the current media or news that
you would characterize as transformational and one that you would characterize
as transactional. What differences and similarities did you find and why? Could you
evaluate each leader’s effectiveness based on whether or not and to what extent she
or he was transformational or transactional? Explain.
2. Characterize yourself as transformational or transactional based on the assessment
you took in this chapter. Explain. Which style do you prefer for yourself? To which
style do you aspire to be?
3. Find an example of a leader in the current news or media that demonstrates each of
the five practices of the leadership challenge model in the chapter.
4. Rank order the five practices of the leadership challenge from “most important”
to “least important” and explain your reasoning. How would you describe your
strengths and areas of needing development on each of the five practices.
5. Identify limitations of transactional and transformational leadership. In what
ways do you see these two styles as complementary, and in what ways as very
different?
6. Describe why full range leadership study is an important area in leadership and why
it is important for practitioners, human resource managers, and new leaders.
