Naheed Nenshi

SOWK 667

The Purple Revolution

Jerry Firth
Jessica Pauletig
Mary Dowhaniuk
Matthew Wengrowich

October 2010

{ An Unlikely Rise To Power

8% Increase in voter support from late

September 2010 till October 2010 election.

(Lexier, 2011)

40%

Politics in full sentences.

Nenshis campaign involved meeting with citizens in the homes of those who had offered
them up, for coffee parties, where regular everyday people were able to hear Nenshi talk,
and more importantly, talk back to him.
(Koentges, 2011)

12 Ideas
Building Better Communities
Keeping Calgary Moving
Transforming Government

Social Media

Transformational Leadership

Followers of transformational leaders feel

trust, admiration, loyalty and respect
towards leaders and are motivated to
perform extra-role behaviours
(Barbuto Jr, 2005, p. 28)

Transformational leaders increase

trust, satisfaction and citizenship.
(Barbuto Jr, 2005 p. 28)

Transformational leaders inspire

followers to raise their criteria for success
and develop problem solving skills.
(Barbuto Jr, 2005 p. 28)

concerned with the

development of the fullest
potential and their
motivation toward the
greater good vs. their own
self-interests, within a valuebased framework
(Mary, 2005, p.108)

Charisma
Idealized Influence
Inspirational Motivation
Intellectual Stimulation
Individual Consideration

A Touch of Charismatic Leadership

Serve as strong role models.
They appear competent to their followers.
They set ideological goals.
o Believes that change in government is possible
A Better Calgary
They communicate high expectations.
o Through his blog he inform citizens of his
goals for the City, council and the citizens, admits that
there will be bumps along the road but that he and
everyone should be committed to overcoming them.
They arouse motives or power, self-esteem and affiliation to
the tasks.
(Barbuto Jr, 2005, p. 28)

Analyzing The Runner Up:

Different Leadership Style Different Outcome
2010 Election Results
2.90%
25.80%

39.60%

Nenshi
McIver

31.70%

Higgins
Others

Ric McIver

in its most democratic form, populism seeks to defend the

interest and maximize the power of ordinary citizens,
through reform. (Munro, 2013)

Severely Normal
(Wood, 2014)

Dangerous
Others
(Albertazzi & McDonnell, 2008)

A desire for

Group Learning
Leadership theories can look very similar but
can become widely different in practice.

Transformational leadership requires the individual to

be a strong role model, and people really have to like this
leader for who they are. That means if you want to be a
transformational leader, you have to work on yourself,
and actually be a really good person.

Being authentic is key to transformational

leadership and thus gaining support from
others.
Transformational leaders can capitalize on a desire
for change through inspirational motivation, such as
Nenshis campaign for a Better Calgary.

Nenshi Reads Pete The Cat

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