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What is Charismatic Leadership?
Charismatic Leadership is a leadership style where leaders inspire followers through their words, ideas, and behaviors. It emphasizes conveying emotions or visions effectively.
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Key Characteristics of Charismatic Leadership
Vision and Articulation: Proposes a future better than the status quo, clarifying its importance.
Personal Risk: Willingness to take high personal risk and engage in self-sacrifice.
Sensitivity to Follower Needs: Perceptive of others' abilities and responsive to their needs and feelings.
Unconventional Behavior: Engages in novel behaviors counter to norms.
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When does Charismatic Leadership work best?
Charismatic leadership is most appropriate when the followers' task has an ideological component or when the environment involves high stress and uncertainty. It is more likely to emerge in an organization that is in its infancy or facing a life-threatening crisis.
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Impacts of Charismatic Leadership
Charismatic leadership is strongly correlated with high organizational performance and employee satisfaction.
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Dark Sides of Charismatic Leaders
Charismatic leaders may not always act in the best interest of their companies. The "cult of personality" phenomenon can arise, where personal goals override organizational goals. Individuals who are narcissistic may exhibit behaviors associated with charismatic leadership.
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What is Transformational Leadership?
Transformational Leadership is a style where leaders inspire followers to transcend their own self-interests for the good of the organization. It involves inspiring extra effort to achieve group goals and implementing significant changes.
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Key Characteristics of Transformational Leadership
Committed to creativity (theirs and others)
Decentralization of responsibility
Compensation geared towards long-term results
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Charismatic vs. Transformational Leadership
Both focus on the leader's ability to inspire followers. Charismatic leadership emphasizes how leaders communicate, while transformational leadership focuses more on what they are communicating.