Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
Leadership Analysis: Charismatic Leadership
About the theory Reference
Analysis of Gandhi via this theory
Charismatic leadership is one of the new theories about leadership. It is sometimes considered as a part of traits or behavioral theories. It is believed that certain people have charismatic qualities, such as visionary, energetic, unconventional, and exemplary.  Charismatic leadership style can be effecitive in both positive (such as Gandhi, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King, Jr.) and negative (such as Hitler and Lenin).

Phenomena that can be observed in charisma include:
1) The followers trust the correctness of the leader's believes;
2) The followers feel affection to the leader and obey the leader willingly;
3) The followers feel an emotional involvement in the mission they are led to do.

Some of the actions taken by a charismatic leaders could be:
If hand-spinning is an effective method of making India self-supporting, it must be made part of the franchise.
                            -     Mahatma Gandhi
Introduction
Short Biography
A quality of communication that causes others to accept one meaning over another.
The development of a set of directions that define the scene, specifies the actors to be cast, outlines expected behavior, and cues when events occur and actors enter and exit.
Aristotle defined dialog (or diction) as  the verbal and non-verbal exchanges among characters.
Leaders are directors for performances.
Charismatic leaders stage-manage their performances.
Show time. The charismatic leader takes the stage to enact scripted dialog and set up the frame to construct their charismatic character.
Leadership Analysis Framing
Scripting

Dialog

Directing
Staging
Performing
Blake-Mouton's Managerial Grid
Situational Leadership Theory
Servant Leadership Theory
Charismatic Leadership Theory
Principle Centered Leadership
For more details about this theory, see reference.
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