Sociology

Leadership remains to be an essential quality shaping organizational development and harmonizing the process of supplementing new directions for change. It seeks to address the appropriate mindset for addressing challenges and complementing the necessary styles in cultivating behavior and establishing effective relationships. Given these, it is crucial to identify appropriate strategies and seek out to address the changing trends of today. Such capacity then opens up greater appreciation and value towards providing a path that brings about transformation and recognition of ones capacity and goals.

Reflecting on my current process of applying leadership goals, it can be seen that I have sought to develop a transformational style. It is derived from the overall objective to sustain growth and encourage actions that can stimulate relationships and cultivating important areas such as communication, effective group interaction and recognition of a specific purpose. I do believe that all these have indeed been relevant in creating a transformation and discovering new approaches to establish patterns towards adapting to the current environment.

However, in achieving this process, I have to undergo different challenges and hurdles that tested my determination in pursuing my goal. It brought about significant insights over what needs to be done and what serve as catalysts in achieving these objectives accordingly. Seeing this, I used the experiences, both negative and positive as instruments in recognizing the appropriate mindset and what efforts need to be made. Such dynamics then provided the leverage to decipher the value of communication, group interplay, and consciousness as valuable principles collaborating and making transformational leadership work.

Establishing Consciousness
One relevant process that I had observed remains important in furthering transformational leadership revolves around creating an established consciousness. This principle revolves not mainly on operating on specific goals and values. Rather, it corresponds to a collective calling in achieving a prospect and value  something that is innate and responsive to the needs of each one. It is through such mindset that values, principles, and goals must be rooted. As Burns (2003) provides, leaders take the initiative in mobilizing people for participation in the processes of change, encouraging a sense of collective identity and collective efficacy, which in turn brings stronger feelings of self-worth and self-efficacy (p. 25).

Similarly, processes and issues are addressed in a communal manner. Here, attention is given on the views of all and correspond to how our individual differences shape the perspective in outlining our transcendence and contributions for the betterment of the group. In particular, Palmer (2003) mentions that in order to achieve this process, we need both the interior intimacy that comes with solitude and the otherness that comes with community (p.54). 

Relating this to my experience, my participation within a group opened my eyes to the process of transformational leadership. Here, the group exhibited behavior that sought to intensify the value of redefining the process of interaction. It takes into account each ones contribution as supplementary and vital to the achievement of goals. Other actors within the group served as equal representatives in developing this consciousness. Such ability to understand one another brought about the value of consciousness to be fully realized and allowed my capacity to lead transcend to the groups needs accordingly.

Cultivating Communication
Another process that is valuable in the facilitation of transformational leadership revolves around communication. Under this component, it takes into consideration both informal and formal patterns that serve as instrument in bridging similarities and differences together in a group. Such course then ensures the stability of the group by opening up not only elements of interaction and compliance but also seek to resolve occurring disputes that are happening within the organization or group (Carey, 2006). This element in turn thus serves as an important catalyst in honing transformational leadership.

Likewise, the establishment of effective communication and interaction creates opportunities for sharing of ideas. This in turn helps establishes relationships by furthering common areas where individuals agree or disagree. Though this method may provide differing ideas and perspectives over issues, it also carries out the ability to recognize and point out human needs and justify what directions are necessary. As Carey (2006) points out, the move toward greater and greater self-transcendence may be viewed as the driving force of developmental theories of human growth, the criterion for authentic human needs, and the antecedent for authentic relationship (p.3).

Applying this principle with my experience, I deem that the communication process strengthened my ability to further transcend to the group both as a leader and a member. Here, I learned the value of balancing the time to both listen and speak what I believe is necessary. Under this process, I began to cherish how communication and dialogue infuses authenticity and ability to convey important ideas. It served as an important leverage not only on getting things done but also redefined my view of enhancing conflict-resolution strategies and cultivating motivation.

At the same time, the establishment of communication also helped realized its impact in relationships. I began to appreciate that for every organizationgroup to work such process should remain embedded within its dynamics and function. It brings about the ability to recognize fully responsibilities of each actor and how they can contribute with the process of achieving a unified mission and objective. These elements served as vital in honing my ability to recognize the value and relevance of transformational leadership as it takes communication as the groundwork for gaining success.

Group Dynamics and Interaction
The last aspect shaping transformational leadership circumvents with the creating a specific group dynamic and interaction that is rooted with the end goal and objectives. Here, it takes into account the relevance ideas and how it can be use to complement one another to achieve a specific task. Such process can stem from a simple to a more complex one gaining momentum and motivated by a proper leadership style.

At the same time, the process also considers the creation of work with consideration of how the group contributes to the process. Allowing each one a fair share of production, it can shape their ability to recognize their function and meaning within the community. Such realities then provide valuable opportunities to allow growth and further development to occur. Here, Carey (2006) mentions, the insights we have about the dynamics of transformation (regarding both what facilitates and hinders it) can be applied to work as leaders, choosing to assist others in their own developmental journey toward leadership consciousness (p.3). 

Reflecting on its application on my experience, I do believe that considering the value of culture also remains to be a valuable process to consider in transformational leadership. To become an effective leader, I must not only seek to cultivate relationships but also address the capacity and responsibility to understand the differences that people have. Here, I had made considerable attention in fostering informal and formal interaction to acquire information and competency. Such approach then provided a greater degree in achieving tasks in a more effective manner.

In the end, the value of achieving transformational leadership takes time. It seeks to create a collective undertaking in both individuals and groups towards recognizing the notion of communication, consciousness and relationships as valuable tenets in achieving transcendence. These elements also provide the ability to utilize new dimensions in addressing current trends and encourage a new sense of belongingness and motivation to pursue objectives regardless of existing challenges and hurdles along the way.