Charismatic Leader

JAY A. CONGER is associate professor of organizational behavior at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He consults to private and nonprofit organizations worldwide in the areas of organizational change, leadership development, and management education.

• Introduction: Problems and Prospects in Understanding CharismaticLeadership. Part One: The Nature and Dynamics of CharismaticLeadership. 1. Theoretical Foundations of Charismatic Leadership. 2. Evolving Perspectives on Charismatic Leadership. 3. Behavioral Dimensions of Charismatic Leadership. 4. Charismatic and Non-Charismatic Leaders: Differences inBehavior and Effectiveness. Part Two: Strategic Vision and the CharismaticLeader. 5. The Visionary Leader. 6. Profiles of Strategic Vision: Levesque and Iacocca. Part Three: The Sources and Limitations of Charisma. 7. Two Faces of Charisma: Socialized and Personalized Leadershipin Organizations. 8. Origins of Charisma: Socialized and Personalized Leadershipin Organizations. 9. Limits of Charisma. Part Four: Development of Charismatic Leaders. 10. Developiing Transformational Leaders: A Life SpanApproach. 11. Training Charismatic Leadership: A Risky and CriticalTask. Conclusion: Patterns and Trends in Studying CharismaticLeadership.

"Should be useful to the executive or manager who has fallen into a rut of 'managership' and needs some inspiration in the art of developing and executing a strategic vision, managing change, motivating the troops, and promoting entrepreneurship." (New York Times)