Transformational Leadership

Coaching Baseball as Applied to Transactional Leadership Theory,
Leader-Member Exchange Theory, and the Psychodynamic Approach
MBA 631 – Leadership
21 February 2011

Table of Contents
Title Page…………………………………………………………………………………………1
Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………………2
Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………….3
Transformational Leadership……………………………………………………………………...3
Charisma…………………………………………………………………………………..4
Connecting Individually…………………………………………………………………..5
Intellectual Stimulation…………………………………………………………………....6
Leader-Member Exchange Theory………………………………………………………………..6
In-Group and Out-Group………………………………………………………………….7
Graen and Uhl-Bien: Phases in Leadership Making………………………………………8
Stranger Phase……………………………………………………………………..8
Acquaintance Phase……………………………………………………………….9
Mature Partnership Phase…………………………………………………………9
Psychodynamic Approach………………………………………………………………………...9
Sigmund Freud and Personality Traits…………………………………………………...10
Erotic……………………………………………………………………………..10
Obsessive………………………………………………………………………...11
Marketers………………………………………………………………………...11
Narcissist…………………………………………………………………………11
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………….12
References……………………………………………………………………………………….14

Introduction
There are over 1,600 college baseball programs throughout the country.   Within those teams there are over 48,000 participants (Howdeshell, 2011).   This means there are over 1,600 coaches, not including assistant coaches, which are responsible for molding young men into mature adults.   The following discussion explores the relationship between college baseball coaches and the players as applied to transformational leadership theory, leader-member exchange theory (LMX theory), and the psychodynamic approach.   The three theories take on different perspectives of leading.   While transformational leadership focuses on the leaders or the followers separately through their needs and how to influence them to...