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Transactional Leadership

Pros: Cons:

• This leadership style clarifies • The downside of this leadership
everyone's roles and style is that team members can do

responsibilities. little to improve their job

• People who are ambitious or who satisfaction. It can feel stifling, and

are motivated by external rewards – it can lead to high staff turnover.
including compensation – often • Transactional leadership is really a

thrive. type of management, not a true

leadership style, because the focus
is on short-term tasks. It has serious

limitations for knowledge-based or

creative work.