uo.Charismatic leaders have an effect on his or her followers. There is an increasing amount of research that shows impressive correlations between charismatic leadership and high performance and satisfaction among followers. Compared with people working for non-charismatic leaders, people working for charismatic leaders are motivated to exert extra work effort and, because they like their leader, express greater satisfaction.Being a charismatic leader might not always be such a great thing. Charismatic leaders may be ideal for pulling an organization through a crisis but become a liability to an organization once the crisis and the need for dramatic change subside. Why? Because the charismatic leaders overwhelming self-confidence often becomes a problem. He or she is unable to listen to others, becomes uncomfortable when challenged by assertive employees, and begins to hold an unjustifiably belief in his or her rightness on issues.Leadership is like love; it can be difficult to define because it means different things to different people. The age-old question about rather leaders are made or born still seems to arise in todays times. However, too much is at stake for organizations to plunder that question because rather an effective leader was born or made the organization will value the skills that the individual brings into the setting. Most organizations are looking for individuals who posses leadership skills. These individuals can be either men or women from either dominant or third world cultures. Often times the term leadership has a very narrow view. People are prone to think of only males from either the U.S. or Japan when the term leader is used. This is too narrow of a view. There are many women with leadership qualities and people from diverse cultures who exhibit profound leadership skills. Another aspect of leadership, which is so narrow as to sometimes not even be thought of, is that of follower ship, without fol...
