James MacGregor Burns was born in 1918. He has been considered a writer, scholar and professor. He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for his biography on Franklin D. Roosevelt. He also wrote “Leadership” in 1978, which is still referenced in leadership studies today. For this reason, among others, he is referred to as the “Father of Leadership”. The theory he introduced is transformational leadership. It occurs when “leaders and followers make each other to advance to a higher level of moral and motivation,” and is a process in which ”leaders and followers help each other to advance to a higher level of morale and motivation". It synthesizes all theories and assumes that leadership is morally good and introduces positive change to a situation. It incorporates changes of leaders, followers and the situation. His contributions to leadership theory have improved the relationship between leader and follower.
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