What is charismatic leadership?
According to the definition by the Wiki, charismatic leadership is, “The guidance
provided to an organization by one or more individuals seen as heroic or inspiring and who have
therefore been granted the organizational power to make dramatic changes and extract
extraordinary performance levels from its staff. Thus, the charismatic leadership is dependent
upon three elements. These elements are: leader, follower characteristics and the situation(s). In
the case of charismatic leadership, a situation provides the platform for the leader to show the
charismatic characteristics for the followers to respond to.
The leader characteristics comprise a high degree of self-confidence, strong conviction
about ideas, high energy and enthusiasm and expressiveness and excellent communication. The
