Power of Charismatic Leaders around the World

Throughout history the people has witness the power of many charismatic leaders around the world. A charismatic leader is an individual who owns some type of characteristics that allows them to win followers, respect and support for the individual beliefs or visions. According to Max Weber a German sociologist and the responsible for introducing charisma as a type of leadership, he defined charismatic leadership as “resting on devotion to the exceptional sanctity, heroism or exemplary character of an individual person, and of the normative patterns or order revealed or ordained by him”. Charismatic leaders can have a positive or negative impact on society or in an organization. It depends on how that ability is used. Martin Luther King and Adolf Hitler are two examples of Charismatic leaders in history. These two leaders had the ability to influence thousands of people to support their theories. However their charismatic ability was employ in two different ways and they both had two different outcome. How did Martin Luther King and Adolf Hitler gain their power and how their power changed today’s society?
During 20th century an African American activist known as Martin Luther King fought in a nonviolence way for the Civil rights of the African American people in the United States. Martin Luther King used his Charismatic ability to engaged thousands of followers to support his beliefs. He used his optimistic abilities in a positive way, in order to gain equal rights for African Americans in the 1960s. Martin gain power through his ability as a strong charismatic leader and his peaceful speeches that inspired many African American people throughout the country. Martin Luther king had a vision in which he refers to in his speech “I have a dream”. In his vision black people had the same rights and they were treated equally to white Americans. His speeches inspire many people to follow him and support his vision in the civil rights movement. (Nobelprize)
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