Classmate 1 Discussion Post 10 – Charisma and Influential versus Self-Sacrificing Leadership I concur with the notion that possessing charisma and influence are attributes of an effective leader. Self-sacrificing is a character trait that allows an individual to acquire a short time period of success. However, from a longevity perspective, it may cause health and well-being concerns. Charismatic and influential leaders often have qualities that put people at ease in a naturalistic way. Actually, leaders that possess a charismatic and influential style can put individuals at ease by finding  positivity in a bad situation. This can be accomplished by leaders without having to suppress their personal emotions. Psychologist relate charisma to body language, tone of voice, or simply being a good listener. Being charismatic is mostly related to emotional intelligence.  Most charismatic leaders are skilled communicators and visionary leaders. Effective charismatic leaders usually articulate clearly with the assurance of a purposeful statement. Charismatic and influential leaders are effective at respecting and inspiring their teams to perform at their highest level of productivity. Additionally, charismatic leaders also make others believe in what they are doing in order to achieve organizational goals. These skills are essential for leaders in a diverse workplace and society. In contrast, leaders who are self-sacrificing are those who work beyond the point of being productive by placing a metric or goal a priority over their health and well-being. As a result, self-sacrificial leaders place unnecessary pressure on their colleagues and employees. These type leaders must learn to make health a priority over job duties and role, if they anticipate life longevity. Self-sacrificing leaders are not helping the organization grow exponentially, due to personal health decline and working beyond the point of actual productivity. Such leadership behavior is not perceived as an effective quality. In summary, charismatic leaders are known to develop select qualities in order to lead a diverse organization, which is pivotal in a diverse world during the twenty-first century. In order for leaders to become charismatic and influential, one must be able to boost their self-confidence in order to motivate organizational members. Leaders must also be passionate and allow his or passion to shine through. Charismatic and influential leaders are able to lead without fear by taking risk. This type of leadership is admired by members in the organizational group. Effective leaders demonstrate boldness as well as courage when growing an organization. Through it all, including challenging and difficult times, charismatic and influential leaders generally display a sense of humor to its organizational members. These type of leader characteristics (charisma and influence) draw people to leaders by listening more intently. It also creates that X-factor personality trait .

1. Classmate 1
Discussion Post 10 – Charisma and Influential versus Self-
Sacrificing Leadership
I concur with the notion that possessing charisma and influence
are attributes of an effective leader. Self-sacrificing is a
character trait that allows an individual to acquire a short time
period of success. However, from a longevity perspective, it
may cause health and well-being concerns.
Charismatic and influential leaders often have qualities that put
people at ease in a naturalistic way. Actually, leaders that
possess a charismatic and influential style can put individuals at
ease by finding positivity in a bad situation. This can be
accomplished by leaders without having to suppress their
personal emotions. Psychologist relate charisma to body
language, tone of voice, or simply being a good listener. Being
charismatic is mostly related to emotional intelligence. Most
charismatic leaders are skilled communicators and visionary
leaders. Effective charismatic leaders usually articulate clearly
with the assurance of a purposeful statement. Charismatic and
influential leaders are effective at respecting and inspiring their
teams to perform at their highest level of productivity.
Additionally, charismatic leaders also make others believe in
what they are doing in order to achieve organizational goals.
These skills are essential for leaders in a diverse workplace and
society.
In contrast, leaders who are self-sacrificing are those who work
beyond the point of being productive by placing a metric or goal
a priority over their health and well-being. As a result, self-

2. sacrificial leaders place unnecessary pressure on their
colleagues and employees. These type leaders must learn to
make health a priority over job duties and role, if they
anticipate life longevity. Self-sacrificing leaders are not helping
the organization grow exponentially, due to personal health
decline and working beyond the point of actual productivity.
Such leadership behavior is not perceived as an effective
quality.
In summary, charismatic leaders are known to develop select
qualities in order to lead a diverse organization, which is
pivotal in a diverse world during the twenty-first century. In
order for leaders to become charismatic and influential, one
must be able to boost their self-confidence in order to motivate
organizational members. Leaders must also be passionate and
allow his or passion to shine through. Charismatic and
influential leaders are able to lead without fear by taking risk.
This type of leadership is admired by members in the
organizational group. Effective leaders demonstrate boldness as
well as courage when growing an organization. Through it all,
including challenging and difficult times, charismatic and
influential leaders generally display a sense of humor to its
organizational members. These type of leader characteristics
(charisma and influence) draw people to leaders by listening
more intently. It also creates that X-factor personality trait that
others admire and respect in a leader.
Reference
Chin, J. L. & Trimble, J. E. (2015). Diversity and leadership.
Sage Publications.
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3. classmate 2
Charisma and influential versus self-sacrificing characteristics
are often posed as characteristics of an effective leader. What
are your thoughts?
There have been various theories relative to leadership. There
are arguments that charismatic influence is a kind of leadership
theory which holds best in dealing with an organization. There
are also some authors who are of the opinion that a self-
sacrificing leader is more important because members need to
see that their leaders are not self-serving and that their actions
are for the betterment of the organization and for the other
stakeholders of the said organization.
Charismatic leadership is a concept in leadership theory
where leaders are expected to be good communicators who can
exude that certain aura which evokes people to perform (St.
Thomas University, 2014). This kind of leadership places more
emphasis to the leader than the other kinds of leadership mainly
because the strength of the organization largely depends on the
charm of the leader and how he evokes the emotion and
motivation from his members. Self-sacrificial leadership is an
emerging concept in leadership theory. There is no blanket, all-
encompassing definition as regards to self-sacrificial leadership.
However, there are traits common among authors describing
such leadership style. It entails the leader being someone who
takes risks and absorbs the loss. Self-sacrificial leadership
likewise entails leaders to temporarily or permanently forego
their personal interests and privileges for the benefit of the
organization (Zhang & Ye, 2016). Both styles of leadership
emphasize the leader more. What makes the two different is
their motivation. Self-sacrificial leadership is more of an
altruistic motivation while charismatic leadership may be

4. altruistic or egoistic depending on the leader.
The leadership style really depends on the organization.
Some members resonate with people who are charismatic and
influential while there may be other members who prefer seeing
self-sacrificing leaders to the effect that they would hold such
leader with more respect.
WORKS CITED:
St. Thomas University (2014). What is Charismatic Leadership?
Leading Through Personal Conviction. Retrieved from
https://online.stu.edu/articles/education/what-is-charismatic-
leadership.aspx
Zhang, H., & Ye, M. (2016). A Literature Review of Self-
Sacrificial Leadership.
Psychology,
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