IntroductionThis essay is about a leader his leadership style and challenges faced by the leader and what anindividual can learn about leadership from this essayThis essay discusses about Mahatma Gandhi and his leadership style that is transformationalleadership style. I have chosen to write about Mahatma Gandhi because he is one of the mostinfluential leaders and he is also called as father of India, he is one of the main freedom fighters ofIndia who fought for freedom from British, he Is an unique leader because he chose Non-violence tofight against British this non-violence was religiously called ahimsaLeaders backgroundMohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2ndOctober 1869 in Porbandar India, he studied law inLondon, he was an Indian lawyer he was also a politician and writer he was also a the leader of thenational freedom movement against the British rule and he was the peace symbol of the world.at theage of 9 Gandhi went to a local school in Rajkot and at age 11 he joined the high school of Rajkot hewas a shy and an average student .At the age of 13 Gandhi was married to Kasturba who was 14years old when she got married, Gandhi was a vegetarian as he is from Hindu religion and he is frombrahmin caste. He was killed by Nathuram Godse when he was 78-year-old on January 30th1948 inDelhi, IndiaTransformational leadershipIn this style of leadership, the leader works with the followers to identify the change needed, alsothe leader create a vision and inspires followers to bring the change needed. This approach is alsodefined as approach that causes change in both individual and society4 Elements of leadershipIndividual considerationIntellectual simulationInspirational motivationIdealized influenceSteps for transformational leadershipDeveloping vision: the leader has to create a vision thatattracts the potential followersSelling the vision: convincing the followers to follow thevision by motivating themRoad map: the leader has to believe in his vision and takesteps according to the vision and considering the situationsand guide the followers in the right path to bring the changeLeading the charge: leaders following transformationalleadership style should always lead the followers by staying
