Over eighty years after aliens nearly wiped out the human race, international military forces are in the midst of training an army of children in anticipation of a third invasion. Following a government-mandated genetic experiment, six-year-old Ender Wiggin emerges as the one who is destined to lead the army. Ender is taken to an elite military school in space to begin his training to become the most brilliant military leader in history. This is where Orson Scott Card's acclaimed military science fiction novel, Ender's Game, begins. Card's chronicles of Ender's journey through Battle and Command School serve as a paradigm for the behaviors displayed by a transformational leader while touching on concepts of organizational behavior, including ethics and employee empowerment. Transformational leadership in Ender's Game provides a model for how a great leader can achieve organizational success and, in Ender's case, save the Earth and the human race from ultimate destruction. In the late 20th century, the concept of transformational leadership first emerged in the field. of organizational behavior through the political analytical work of James MacGregor Burns. Burns (as cited in Givens, 2008) described transformational leadership as “when one or more people interact with others in such a way that leaders and followers lift each other to higher levels of motivation and morality.” The relationship between leader and follower is considered closely when leadership is characterized in this way. Burns explains (as cited in Pearson, 2012): "In broader terms, transformative change comes not so much from the work of one great man alone making history, but from the collective achievement of a 'great...'... middle of paper ......Rev. mass market ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill Education.Givens, R.J. (2008). Transformational Leadership: The Impact on Organizational and Personal Outcomes. Emergent Leadership Paths, 1(1), pp. 4-24 /global/publications/elj/issue1/ELJ_V1Is1_Givens.pdfHacker, S., Roberts, T. (2004) Transformational Leadership – Creating Meaningful Organizations. Wilwaukee, WI: American Society for Quality. Retrieved from http://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpTLCOM001/transformational-leadershipPearson, C.S. (2012). century Williston, VT: Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Retrieved from http://0-site.ebrary.com.catalog.lib.cmich.edu/lib/cmich/docDetail.action?docID=10562061