
Transformational Leadership: What the Evidence Really Shows
The model dominates leadership training. Meta-analyses support it, but an influential critique questions how it is measured.
2550 articles drawn from our engagements in Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich, Bern, Basel, Lugano, Fribourg and Neuchâtel. Case studies, practical guides, 2026 trends.

The model dominates leadership training. Meta-analyses support it, but an influential critique questions how it is measured.

Single context; replicate locally before generalising.

Single context; replicate locally before generalising.

Single context; replicate locally before generalising.

Single context; replicate locally before generalising.

Removing ratings has become common practice. Research invites a preliminary question: what does an appraisal actually contain?

Single context; replicate locally before generalising.

Single context; replicate locally before generalising.

Structured interviews have stronger validation evidence than unstructured interviews. Why, then, do they remain a minority practice? A review of recent findings and documented resistance.

What research does — and does not — establish about the value of disagreement in senior teams.

Single context; replicate locally before generalising.

Single context; replicate locally before generalising.

Single context; replicate locally before generalising.

Single context; replicate locally before generalising.

Raw observations from field engagements in Vevey — what executive leadership says, unfiltered, about an organisation's health.

An operational 90-day plan to anchor executive leadership in a team or committee based in Vevey.

Experiential synthesis: what works, what no longer works, and what is never said publicly about executive leadership in Vevey.

Four weak signals redrawing the practice of executive leadership in Vevey this year.

Three approaches to executive leadership compared in the field — costs, durations, observed results from Vevey.

Cultural and economic reading of executive leadership seen from Vevey — local specifics and transferable lessons.

An anonymised engagement with a team based in Vevey — starting point, programme deployed, six-month results.

Concrete levers to advance executive leadership in Vevey — proven methods, real cases, common mistakes.

Raw observations from field engagements in Neuchâtel — what executive leadership says, unfiltered, about an organisation's health.

An operational 90-day plan to anchor executive leadership in a team or committee based in Neuchâtel.