charismatic leadership
Charm-based command
Charismatic leadership is a style of leading that relies on personal magnetism, vision, and emotional appeal rather than formal authority or institutional power.
The charismatic leader inspires followers through force of personality: His charismatic leadership transformed a small movement into a national phenomenon.
The term can carry both admiration and wariness—charismatic leaders may be visionaries or demagogues.
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- groupthinkConformity-driven poor decisions
- confidentSure of oneself
- ethical dilemmasHard choices between competing values
cultural change · emotional intelligence · storytelling · mass appeal · cult of personality · personality cult · social movements · empathy · trust-building · magnetic · rhetoric · narcissism · Weber · inspiring · morale boosting · populism · true believer · interpersonal dynamics