Leadership (charisma)

An important leadership quality or skill in my opinion is charisma. A charismatic leader is one who has the ability to inspire their followers or team members by his vision, personality, “likeability”, optimism and self confidence. This leadership skill is important when trying to inspire change or productivity. A person can have knowledge, skill, ability, and the credentials to “get the job done” but if that person is put in a leadership position, he needs to gain not only the confidence of the people working for him but also have them want to follow him.

The person that I think has a charismatic leadership style is an instructor within the business department at our college. This instructor has an optimistic and fun outgoing personality that creates a positive classroom environment. He has the ability to inspire his students to do their best which has a great impact on performance. Attendance is high in his class and students seem to want to do well in his class maybe because he makes every student feel like they have the ability to succeed or maybe simply because they want to please the instructor. This quality is very important to the success of a good leader.