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William Wallace's Transformational Leadership

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All throughout this movie I noticed William Wallace dominate transformational leadership to a T. Transformational leadership is where a leader can see needed change and guide his committed members with inspiration to execute this change. William Wallace has a clear vision to set the Scotts free from the English Longshanks. He gets this vison after the death of his father, brother, and even his wife who had her throat cut by the villages sheriff in front of him after refusing rape and slapping one of the king’s soldiers. It was at this time his leadership really took off. Wallace sticks to his core vision of freedom and continues adding more and more people to his army.
William Wallace demonstrates his self-commitment on numerous occasions by

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