Dynamics Behind Magical Thinking And Charismatic Leadership Revealed

[Moontanman]

Dynamics Behind Magical Thinking and Charismatic Leadership Revealed

 

 

ScienceDaily (July 15, 2011) — Research by Columbia Business School's Michael Morris, Chavkin-Chang Professor of Leadership; Maia Young, assistant professor of Human Resources and Organization Behavior, UCLA Anderson School of Management and Vicki Scherwin, Assistant Professor, Management and Human Resources Management, California State University, Long Beach, suggests that we attribute certain leaders to be charismatic through "magical thinking." The paper, recently published in the Journal of Management, reveals how this deep-seated process in human cognition is involved in the attribution of charisma.

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715135545.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29

[geko]

Interesting. Although there seems to be a couple of flaws in the reasoning to me. First, managers and executives aren't the same thing, executives hire the managers. The third study seems a bit convoluted as well since it's seems to be trying to discriminate between two possible avenues towards success, hard work and vision, when in reality success requires both and the difference is only in (as the article mentions), the perception of you from others.

 

I do like it when it says that "Winning in business ... comes not only from performing well, but also from managing the interpretations that others make of your performance.", as high-performance people are constantly saying perception is reality and insist on expensive suits, high-chins, broad shoulers and confidence in their executive and managerial workforce and they generally hire other executives and invest in ventures based on passion, leadership skills, confidence and positivity.

 

...as well as big margins of course ;)