Transitioning from an employee to an authentic leader requires transformational change. With proper support and training, these future leaders can flourish within an organizational setting. The presenters will discuss the theoretical underpinnings of transformational leadership and share their experience in using this theory to design and implement a unique orientation program for new leaders.

1. Developing New Leaders:
An exploration of the transformative shift
from follower to leader
Kellie Barbato, Elizabeth Fairall, Michelle Keba
Palm Beach Atlantic University
October 25, 2018

2. Introduction
Kellie Barbato,
Access Services Librarian
Elizabeth Fairall,
Digital Services Librarian
Michelle Keba,
Reference Librarian

3. Three Questions
1. How did we design an orientation program that combines
transformational leadership and mentoring?
2. Which components of transformational leadership can be
improved through mentorship?
3. Does using a transformational leadership
mentoring program work?

4. Design
o Orientation
• How to do the job
• Completed in a short amount of time
o Onboarding
• Acclimate new hire to your organization
• Can take six months to one year
o Mentoring
• Helps with onboarding
• Assists with transformation of new hire
from follower to leader

5. Transformational Leadership
o Coined by Downton in 1973
o Popularized by Burns in 1978
“Occurs when one or more persons engage with others
in such a way that leaders and followers raise one
another to higher levels of motivation and morality”
(Burns, 1995, p. 101).

6. Literature Review
o Studies reviewed: Barling, Weber, & Kelloway, 1996;
Hassan, Fuwad, & Rauf, 2009; Mason, Griffin, &
Parker, 2014
• Investigated the effectiveness of transformational
leadership training programs
• Found these programs have a positive effect on
employees

7. Transformational Mentoring
Idealized
Influence
Intellectual
Stimulation
Individualized
Consideration
Inspirational
Motivation
Stimulate creativity
and innovation
Communicate
high expectations
Act as a strong
role model
Create a
supportive
climate

8. Results
o Gallup’s CliftonStrengths Assessment
• One-hour assessment consists of 177 pairs of statements which
measure your natural patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving
in order to determine your talents
o The assessment was taken three times:
• September 2015
• January 2018
• October 2018

9. Top 5 Strengths
September 2015 January 2018 October 2018
1 Positivity Connectedness * Positivity +
2 Developer Positivity - Woo *
3 Context Input * Connectedness -
4 Belief Developer - Input -
5 Strategic Belief - Developer -
* New top 5 strength + Moved up based on previous assessment
- Moved down based on previous assessment
Color Category
Blue
Relationship
building
Red
Strategic
thinking
Purple Executing
Yellow Influencing

10. Conclusion
o Case Study of Transformational Mentoring Program
• Adaptable to other organizations
o Other recommended assessments and readings:
• Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire
• Emotional Intelligence Appraisal
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

11. References
• Barling, J., Weber, T., & Kelloway, E. K. (1996). Effects of transformational leadership training on attitudinal and financial
outcomes: A field experiment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 81(6), 827. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.81.6.827
• Burns, J. M. (1995) Transactional and transforming leadership. In J.T. Wren (Ed.), The leader’s companion: Insights on
leadership through the ages (pp.100-101). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
• Gallup. (2018). One assessment to discover the true you. Retrieved from
https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/home/en-us/cliftonstrengths-how-it-works.
• Hassan, R. A., Fuwad, B. A., & Rauf, A. A. (2009). Pre-training motivation and the impact of “transformational leadership
training” on satisfaction with trained supervisors: A field experiment. In Allied Academies International Conference.
Academy of Strategic Management. Proceedings (p. 35-40). Retrieved from
https://www.abacademies.org/Public/Proceedings/Proceedings25/ASM%20Proceedings.pdf
• Lisbon, A. H., & Welsh, M. E. (2015, March). Onboarding new librarians:
Building culture and connections through an experienced-based training
manual [Webinar]. https://vimeo.com/194570408
• Mason, C., Griffin, M., & Parker, S. (2014). Transformational leadership
development: Connecting psychological and behavioral change. Leadership
& Organization Development Journal, 35(3), 174-194.
• Northouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice. (7th ed.). Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Snyder, L., & Crane, E. (2016). Developing and implementing an onboarding program for
an academic library: Strategies and methods. Library Leadership & Management, 30(3), 1-6.
https://journals.tdl.org/llm/index.php/llm/article/viewFile/7164/6370

12. Questions?
Kellie Barbato
561-803-2210
Kellie_Barbato@pba.edu
Elizabeth Fairall
561-803-2224
Elizabeth_Fairall@pba.edu
Michelle Keba
561-803-2230
Michelle_Keba@pba.edu