I believe that the character of Tony in Badaracco chapter 6 “Can I resist the flow of success?” best embodies the transformational leadership style. Tony is the head of a law firm who commits a serious crime and is not arrested. However, he comes to hate that he did this and, against everyone's advice, he goes to the authorities and confesses. This not only puts his life and that of his family in danger, but also destroys his professional life that he has built (Badaracco p. 119). Throughout this chapter, Tony demonstrates transformational leadership by ultimately doing the right thing. Tony and his business partner Max take a mob wife in order to pay off other creditors. At first, this excites Tony, making him feel like he's actually living. Before that, Tony was content to go through the motions of daily life, sometimes feeling like a wind-up toy (Badaracco p. 125). His decision begins to eat away at him and he knows he must do the right thing if he can ever live with himself again. His family tries to talk him out of his decision to confess, but Tony rejects all their advice. He is not afraid of the mafia, he is looking for the best way to change himself (Badaracco p. 128). Throughout his journey from model citizen to criminal, Tony's leadership style embraces the transformational leadership style. Transformational leadership is a process that changes and transforms people. Transformational leadership is about emotions, values, ethics, and standards (Northouse p. 185). Tony struggles to do the right thing and make up for what he's done. Northouse states that transformational leaders want to be inspired and empowered to succeed in times of uncertainty (Northouse p. 185). Tony wants every time... middle of paper ...... writing style or delegation style, an effective leader will know which style to use with each person or group. I believe that to be a successful leader, it is important to not just focus on one particular style, but to incorporate several. If you take a few strengths from each style and learn to integrate them, you should have a better understanding of leadership as a whole. This course taught me that being a leader is much harder than you think. Leaders must wear many different hats in many different situations. To become an effective leader, you have to work at it. This may seem easy to some, but for others it is a skill that is shaped and shaped over time. Different experiences and situations help shape leaders into who they become. I hope to use the different styles we have learned to make me an effective leader in today's society..