Przywództwo transformacyjne – teoria i praktyka polityczna

The aim of this analysis is to explore the meaning of leadership in the socalled young democracies. The problem is extremely important, although rarely considered in scientific studies. The nature of the political power in post-communist societies cannot be interpreted accurately from the perspective of developed Western democracies. 1989, a breakthrough year, brought, in addition to institutional and economic changes, changes in public awareness. With the changes in public awareness came the opening to the new mechanisms, both the market and the political ones, and, most important of all, the highly articulated need for “normality”. The good leader is the most important part of every transformation. In Poland Lech Wałęsa can be called “leader of transformation” but there are still a lot of questions connected with his leadership, his life and charismatic personality.