Transformational leadership is a process in which leaders and their followers elevate each other to high levels of motivation. A benefit of transformational leadership is leadership through development (Liu & Li, 2018). It is associated with the care that the leader shows for subordinates (Khan et al., 2020). A leader listens to the needs of followers, provides work opportunities, and delegates authority to develop employees.
Another benefit of transformational leadership in banking is intellectual stimulation (Pasovska & Miceski, 2018). The leader encourages employees to use their imagination, and “challenge” accepted ways of working (Choi et al., 2016). In times of change, this helps banks retain customers while improving financial performance.
Inspirational leadership is an essential way of working with people. The leader creates an optimistic and achievable picture of the future of the bank (Pearson, 2020). Thus, the leader encourages subordinates to raise expectations. Such a person knows how to convey the organizational mission (Usman, 2020). This contributes to an increased work quality, which also makes customers loyal and satisfied.
An essential step is “revitalizing” the organization. Gradual changes can go unnoticed until it is too late to react (Steinmann, Klug, and Maier, 2018). Thus, the leader’s task is to notice the growing changes and take the threat seriously (Lai et al., 2020). This is especially difficult when the organization is thriving. In particular, during the pandemic, it was difficult to track changes in the world. However, worthy bank leaders managed to foresee the threat and survive the pandemic with minor losses.
Thus, a sound banking leader must challenge the traditional point of view by encouraging subordinates to express opposing views. At the same time, the leader must control the bank’s efficiency by comparing it with competitors (Chen et al., 2018). Therefore, it is necessary to analyze a wide range of parameters, including financial indicators and customer satisfaction, staff turnover, quality of service, and others. This will help leaders to overcome crises and avoid problems even in difficult times easily.
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