Part 1 of Essay
“Charisma is a leader’s ability to inspire pride, faith, and respect; to recognize what is really important; and to articulate effectively a sense of mission, or vision, that inspires followers” (Bartol and Martin 434). Charismatic leaders are classified as transformational leaders, “leaders who motivate individuals to per ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... He was the first theorist to use the term as a form of authority. “His conceptualization of “charismatic authority” has had a significant influence on our notions of what a charismatic leader is and is not” (Conger 12). Weber stated that charismatic authority derives its legitimacy from not rules, positions, or traditions but rather from faith in the leader’s skilled character. The holder of charisma is “set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least…. exceptio ....