Charisma and transformational leadership

Donald Trump’s ‘official biography’ website opens with this phrase ‘Donald J. Trump is the very definition of the American success story, continually setting the standards of excellence while expanding his interests in real estate, sports, and entertainment. He is the archetypal businessman –a deal maker without peer’. It makes interesting reading, and provide useful background information for the case study in Chapter 6:

https://www.trump.com/leadership/donald-j-trump-biography

Here’s a couple of interesting approaches – one outlines the steps for a man to become more charismatic and the second is the female version!

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/11/06/the-3-elements-of-charisma-presence/

http://www.yourtango.com/2016285027/7-things-highly-charming-charismatic-women-do-differently

These two sites give you videos of Muhammed Ali boxing. In the first video we see him as ‘Cassius Clay’. The second link is a separate video showing him speaking, so you can get a feel for his character and understand the background to the end-of-chapter case study in Chapter 6.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_fEIVwjrew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIk6dK0iKso

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