Transformational Leadership; Think about some of the greatest leaders of the past 100 years, those who were able to transform the status quo by making supporters believe that any- thing was possible. Martin Luther King Jr. epitomized that kind of leader.
Leading the technology revolution of the past 50 years, which has completely transformed modern living, the two most prominent models of such leadership were Bill Gates of Microsoft and the late Steve Jobs of Apple—cofounders of the two most important technology companies in the world. In 1975, Gates dropped out of Harvard and cofounded what was then a small company by the name of Microsoft. Long before it seemed possible, he envisioned a day when there would be a PC in every home and office. Then, as it was becoming clear that the future would reside in cyberspace, he shocked the business world by refocusing Microsoft around the Internet. Retired from Microsoft, he and his wife Melinda are among the biggest philanthropists in the world.