Describe the role of leadership types within teams. What are some of the main reasons why teams fail? What can be done to ensure team success? Provide a personal example of team success. Support your discussion with appropriate applicable leadership theories. Transformational leadership can play a role in building a successful team. It can also be the process that changes and transforms people dealing with emotions, values, ethics and standards. Transformational leadership is the process by which a person engages others and creates a connection that increases the level of motivation and morality in both the leader and the follower (Northhouse, 186). This applies to a team because you always need to be able to connect and motivate others around you while in a team setting. Additionally, with the emphasis on follower motivation and development, this fits the needs of today's workgroups who want a chance to succeed at a higher level. This shows how Transformational Leadership is very important within teams to better motivate each person to become better as a whole. Transformational leadership pushes followers to reach a point they thought they couldn't reach. Mohandas Gandhi is a perfect example of a transformational leader. Gandhi raised the hopes and demands of millions of people and in the process changed himself as a human being at large. In high school, Coach D was a perfect example of transformational leadership. He motivated us every day to give our best. Coach D also connected with us on a personal level to get to know us better as if we were his children. If Coach D hadn't been such a transformational leader, I feel like I wouldn't have had the success I have today. ...... middle of paper ...... Mr. Britton has led the way by being proactive in tornado crisis situations. This inspired me because I feel like this is the type of leader I am. Lynn Britton's story has influenced me to continue practicing leadership. Mr. Britton made me understand how a leader could get things done by taking action. I feel like I model the path for a lot of people in their everyday lives on and off the field. I model the way by making wise choices that I know will influence others to want better themselves. Britton's stories that tend to shape how motivate me to improve my team so we can all achieve our common goal. I feel that Mr. Britton's story really affected everyone in the class, including the professor. His story also influenced me to continue practicing leadership because I want to be a complete and global leader.