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CHARISMATIC AND
TRANSFORMATIONAL
LEADERSHIP

Amir Akbar


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CHARISMA
Greek word
means beautifully inspired gift
A special quality of leaders whose purposes, powers and
extraordinary determination differentiate them from others

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

Mostly related to vision

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

Leadership that has a
magnetic effect on people


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TYPES OF CHARISMATIC LEADER
Socialized Charismatic:
• 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


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TYPES OF CHARISMATIC LEADER
Personalized Charismatic
• 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


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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


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TYPES OF CHARISMATIC LEADER

Personal Charismatic:
• Has the right traits, characteristics and
behaviour.
• Exert influence irrespective of status
position
• Gain high esteem, people have faith in
them.


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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.


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THE VISION COMPONENT OF
CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP

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

• Ineffective leaders lacks a
vision or has unclear vision.


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THE VISION COMPONENT OF
CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP
CNN

To 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 Computer

We don’t want to make computers. We want to change the world


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THE COMMUNICATION STYLE OF
CHARISMATIC LEADERS

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


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THE COMMUNICATION STYLE OF
CHARISMATIC LEADERS
• The charismatic leader has
two styles of communicating.

Management by Inspiration
They deliver highly emotional
message so that people
are inspired.
Management by Anecdote
It is the technique by telling
fascinating stories.


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TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

• Transformational leader is the one who brings about
positive major changes in organization.
• Many charismatic leaders are not transformational.


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TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

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


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TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP

To transform organizations from low
performance on acceptable
performance or from acceptable
performance to high performance


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TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Ways through which
transformation take place.
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.


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TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Ways through which
transformation take place.
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


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TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Ways through which
transformation take place.
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


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TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Ways through which
transformation take place.

7. Adapting a long range perspective
Observing organizations issues from a
broad rather than narrow perspective.


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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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