Charismatic Leadership: A How to Guide
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While it is true that charisma is perceived as the result of certain outward behaviors, true charisma comes from within the heart and soul of a person who is reaching their fullest potential as a human being. This heightened level of awareness has been called enlightenment, awakening, Satori and many other labels. But these have connotations of mysticism that people in the 21st century may be uncomfortable with. So let us call it self-actualization, the name given to it by humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow.
Charisma can be thought of as a subtle light that shines from within a person who is living their life to its fullest potential. People respond to this light and want it for themselves so they are drawn to that person as a leader. They perceive instinctively that here is someone who has reached an advanced state of self-realization and it is natural that they, the observer, should want that for themselves. It is after all a human need to become the fullest expression of your human potential.
The qualities of a charismatic person can be summed up quite simply; they are positive (infectiously so), they see the potential in people and want to help them to achieve it, they envisage a bright future, and they are generous with their time and energies. While you might begin now to emulate these qualities, you should understand that they are a by-product of a larger process of personal development called self-actualization, a broad term covering many aspects of personality (this will be explored in detail in a later chapter).
Being charismatic relies on a person having the emotional intelligence to know how to communicate with people at an emotional level, making a deep connection that is not possible at a purely rational level. Easier said than done, emotional intelligence is a difficult skill to master for people who operate principally in the intellectual zone. It involves understanding one’s own emotions, how to harness them to solve problems, and how to manage and regulate one’s emotions and those of others. In our evolutionary past, going back hundreds of thousands, even millions of years, our primate ancestors operated on the emotional level. Emotions are generated by parts of the brain that existed long before those areas that evolved more recently which allow us to think rationally. Perhaps this explains why we are so prone to being influenced by our emotions.
David Tuffley
David Tuffley (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & Socio-Technical Studies at Griffith University in Australia.David writes on a broad range of interests; from Comparative Religion, Anthropology, Psychology, Ancient and Modern History, Linguistics, Rhetoric, Philosophy, Architectural History, Environments and Ecosystems.
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Charismatic Leadership - David Tuffley
Charismatic Leadership
A How to Guide
David Tuffley
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David Tuffley PhD is a Lecturer and researcher at Griffith University in Australia. Leadership was the topic of his PhD. David has a broad range of interests; Anthropology, Psychology, Philosophy, Ancient and Modern History, Linguistics, Rhetoric, Comparative Religions, Architectural History, Environments and Ecosystems.
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Contents
Introduction
1. The nature of charisma
2. Charisma & self-actualization
3. Charisma & leadership
4. Charisma & the Tao
5. The leadership literature
References
Appendix: Rhetorical devices
Introduction
Charisma is an over-used word in the 21st Century. It has come to have several meanings; a compelling attractiveness or charm that inspires devotion, or a divinely conferred power or talent [2]. This book concerns itself with how you can cultivate the character traits that lead to the first meaning.
Charisma can best be understood as an aspect of leadership, the ability to inspire people and make them want to help you realise your vision of the future. While every leader is unique, there are certain underlying qualities that all leaders have. This book presents those qualities. Learn these and in time you can develop your own personal charisma. It is an evolutionary process, not a radical overnight one.
Leadership is an intermediate step in the process. It begins with the very personal quest for self-actualization. Readers may be familiar with this concept from the work of the humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow [3]. Self-actualization is the natural process of a person reaching their fullest human potential. Maslow recognized it as the highest need that humans have. A person only becomes aware of it when they have satisfied their intermediate and lower needs.
If you sincerely want to develop a magnetic personality, this book can help you towards that goal.
1. The nature of charisma
Charisma can be thought of as a subtle light that shines from within a person who is living their life to its fullest potential. People respond to this light and want it for themselves so they are drawn to that person. They perceive instinctively that here is someone who has reached an advanced state of self-realization and it is natural that they, the observer, should want that for themselves. After all, it is a human need to become the fullest expression of your human potential.
The qualities of a charismatic person can be summed up quite simply; they are positive (passionately, obsessively so), they see the potential in people and want to help them to achieve it, they envisage a bright future, and they are generous with their time and energies. While you might begin now to emulate these qualities to good effect, you should understand that they are a by-product of a larger process of personal development called self-actualization, a broad term covering many aspects of personality (this will be explored in detail in a later chapter).
Being charismatic relies on a person having the emotional intelligence to know how to communicate with people at an emotional level, making a deep, instinctive connection that is not possible at a purely rational level. Emotional intelligence can be a difficult skill to master for people who operate principally on the intellectual level. It involves understanding one’s own emotions, how to harness them to solve problems, and how to manage and regulate one’s emotions and those of others. In our evolutionary past, going back hundreds of thousands, even millions of years, our primate ancestors operated largely on the emotional level. Emotions are generated by parts of the brain that existed long before those areas that evolved more recently which allow us to think objectively.
The foundation of emotional intelligence is the successful integration of your emotions with your rational mind, making you an integrated whole person. In a sense, it is the integration of the ancient human with the modern human. In broad terms, this involves (a) recognising the emotion, (b) accepting that the emotion exists and is