Transformational leadership has traditionally been defined as the display of the following components: charisma, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration. The charisma dimension is associated with a leader who instills pride, faith, and respect in subordinates and who provides a vision and a sense of mission to a team through excellent communication skills. Intellectual stimulation characterizes a leader who promotes intelligence, rationality, careful
problem solving, and who encourages subordinates to pursue innovative solutions to problems. A leader who gives personal attention to subordinates, treats each employee as an individual, and takes an interest in the long-term development of each employee characterizes the individualized consideration component of transformational leadership.