CHARISMATIC AND TRANSFORMATIONAL

LEADERSHIP

Amir Akbar

CHARISMAGreek word

means beautifully inspired gift

A special quality of leaders whose purposes, powers and extraordinary determination differentiate them from others

Charisma

is a positive forceful quality of a person that makes many others want to be led by him

Mostly related to vision

Charisma

Leadership that has a magnetic effect on people

The process of influencing major changes in attitudes & assumptions (beliefs, ideas) of organization members

TYPES OF CHARISMATIC LEADER

• Some leaders use their power to help others.

• Attempts to develop a value equivalence between himself and elements related to him.

• Formulates & proposes goals that fulfil group needs.

• Followers are independent, self-governing, empowered and responsible

Socialized Charismatic:

TYPES OF CHARISMATIC LEADER

• Such leader exercise few control on their use of power so they may to best serve their own interest.

• Impose self serving goals • Offer consideration and support to

group members only when it facilitates their own goals

• Followers are obedient, submissive and dependent

Personalized Charismatic

TYPES OF CHARISMATIC LEADER

Office-holder Charismatic :

• Charismatic leader is more a property of office than of his or her personal characteristic.

• Office holder attain high status by product of being placed in a key position

• Individual lose much of leadership immediately after leaving office

Personal Charismatic:• Has the right traits, characteristics and

behaviour. • Exert influence irrespective of status

position • Gain high esteem, people have faith in

them.

TYPES OF CHARISMATIC LEADER

Divine Charismatic:• Endowed with a gift of divine charm

• Taken as savoir(who know), who would arise to lead people through a crises.

TYPES OF CHARISMATIC LEADER

• The ability to imagine different and better conditions and the ways to achieve them.

• Ineffective leaders lacks a vision or has unclear vision.

THE VISION COMPONENT OF CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP

THE VISION COMPONENT OF CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP

CNNTo create the first truly global information

company, the global network of record,

seen in every nation on the planet, and broadcast in most major languages

Apple ComputerWe don’t want to make computers. We want to

change the world

• The leaders communicate their visions, goals and directives in a colourful, imaginative and expressive manner

THE COMMUNICATION STYLE OF CHARISMATIC LEADERS

• The charismatic leader has two styles of communicating.

Management by InspirationThey deliver highly emotional

message so that people are inspired.

Management by Anecdote It is the technique by telling

fascinating stories.

THE COMMUNICATION STYLE OF CHARISMATIC LEADERS

• Transformational leader is the one who brings about positive major changes in organization.

• Many charismatic leaders are not transformational.

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

• It focus on what the leaders accomplishes rather than on the leaders personal characteristics and his or her

relation with group member

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

To transform organizations from low performance on acceptable

performance or from acceptable performance to high performance

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Ways through which transformation take place.

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

1. Raising peoples awareness

He aware them about :Importance of values of certain rewards

Pride workers would experience when the firm become number one in its field.

2. Helping people look beyond personal interest

He help group members to look at the “Big Picture” for the sake of team and organization.

Ways through which transformation take place.

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

3. Helping people search for self fulfilment

He helps people go beyond a focus on minor satisfaction. They guide them satisfaction comes from achieving big goals

4. Helping people understand the need of change.

He helps people to understand the need of change.

Change is related to peoples emotions and its difficult task to make people understand

Ways through which transformation take place.

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

5. Investing Managers with sense of urgency

He infuse sense of urgency in the managers mind.

6. Committing to greatness

Business can be opportunity for individual greatness.

• Greatness encompasses striving for business effectiveness and high stock value

Ways through which transformation take place.

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

7. Adapting a long range perspective

Observing organizations issues from a broad rather than narrow perspective.

THE DARK SIDE OF CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP

• Charismatic leadership can be exercised for evil purposes

• Some charismatic leaders are unethical and leads the organization towards illegal and moral ends

• Abusing power

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