A Primer for Transformational Leadership in Nonprofit Sector

This study attempts to provide a framework for successful leadership innonprofit organizations taking the concept of transformational leadershipas a model. Unlike for-profits, nonprofits address the issues of shapingsocial policies through innovative human life-changing approachesand moral contract with society. This research adopts a case study ofa change initiative in both organizational objectives and managementundertaken at a prominent NGO in Turkey. The study provides a differentpoint of view by extending the notion of nonprofit leaders with highquality of transformational leadership are those who can make strategicchanges tuned with organization’s mission and objectives. It also revealsthat transformational leadership has a significant effect on the embracementof the mission and its accomplishments in voluntary and nonprofitorganizations and enables nonprofit sector managers to build a clear visionand mission for their organizations. Finally, the study extends tworationales for the necessity of transformational leadership in nonprofitsector ever changing and developing world.