There are three broad leadership styles recognized in organizational change and leadership development circles. These may be: Tactical leaders focus on solving straightforward problems with operations-oriented expertise. Strategic leaders are very future-focused with an ability to maintain a specific vision while forecasting industry and market trends. Transformational leaders focus less on making decisions or establishing strategic plans, and more on facilitating organizational collaboration that can help drive a vision forward. Transformational leadership is a theory of leadership where a leader works with teams or followers beyond their immediate self-interests in identifying the change needed, creating a vision to guide the change through influence & inspiration, and executing the change in tandem with committed members of a group. This elevation in self-interest elevates the follower's levels of maturity and ideals, as well as their concern for the achievement
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