WADAH 2017_FINAL

Jabatan Ilmu Pendidikan IPGKPT WADAH 2017
According to Nanus (1992), as
direction-setter, the leader is
instrumental in developing and
articulating the future “target which the
organization should direct its
energies”. Nanus (1992), also
considered visionary leaders as
performing as spokesperson. As a
spokesperson the leader must “present
the vision in such a way that people
will want to participate and will freely
choose to do so”. The vision that is
dreamed needs to be shared and need to
have widespread commitment in
making the vision a reality.
James McGregor Burns (1978)
stated that “One of the most universal
cravings of our time is a hunger for
compelling and creative leadership”,
ad he further added that “Leadership is
one of the most observed ad least
understood phenomenon on earth”.
What characteristics make an effective
leader? As humans we do have the
potential and ability to envision our
future. Ability to envision the unknown
and then moving toward it. This is
directly linked to personal
characteristics that enhance the process.
Sashkin (1990), wrote that there are
three fundamental charac-teristics that
impact a leader’s ability to see and to
move beyond the status quo. The first
characteristic is the leader’s belief that
he can really approach the future
proactively ad create changes to occur.
A second personal characte-ristic
of visionary leaders, then, is the desire
for power and influence. A visionary
leader must possess the power to
convince and lead the organization
toward vision. According to (Sashkin
(1990a, p. 17), successful leaders know
that “power and influence are necessary
for visionary leaders desire to utilize all
available resources for the betterment
of the organization ad its members ad
leading the organization toward
envisioned future.
According to Jaques (1990), the
third characteristic that can be seen in
visionary leaders is a ‘cognitive
complexity’ that allows the leader to
view the future, not in terms of the
current year or even the following year
but in-terms of many years. “Authentic
visionary leaders can develop realistic
visions covering decades”.
METHODOLOGY
This section describes the methodology
that was used in the conduct of the
study. A survey method was chosen as
an appropriate method of collecting
data for this research. According to
Travers (1964), surveys are conducted
to establish the nature of existing
conditions and help to build a body of
fact which usually has local
significance. Survey design is the most
appropriate method to collect data from
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