Leadership - Charismatic Individuals or Contingent Characteristics

Hitler was in many ways a great leader and his influence on the German people was immense; he used his motivational and powerful speaking abilities to gain support and popularity. Hitler knew how to appeal to people's baser instincts and made use of their fears and insecurities. He could do that,

Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party and would eventually become Germany’s Fuhrer for the duration of World War 2. In the early years of the second world war Hitler would see many successful military operations. With the tide of the war leaning in Hitler’s favor early on, each successful operation slowly skewed Hitler’s belief that he was truly a master tactician. Well known for underutilizing his senior staff, Hitler would rely mostly on what he saw from his position, as successful advances based of his own intellect. This mentality would be carried along throughout the wars’ entirety with inability to recognize the value of his

Many may argue the inclusion of Adolf Hitler in the list of world’s greatest leader. But one must know that nowhere is it mentioned that leadership is always positive. Leadership, as a characteristic, is neutral. It is people who make it positive of negative. Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 in Germany. He was of the thought that Germany was the greatest country in the world and that it should rule over the world. His crass mentality was that the Aryan race should wipe out the ‘evil Jews’ off the face of this world. After becoming the chancellor of Germany in 1933, he single-handedly managed the greatest economic and military expansions the world has ever seen. He successfully invaded more than 10 countries with his brilliant strategy and meticulous planning. His oratory skills, propaganda and planning made him a leader that only a few other have become.

Hitler was a high task oriented leader. He had clear vision and knowledge of the path for execute his strategy so he is the one who directed his people to execute his vision. He wanted to monitor everything and retain control of every task, which was about to be executed. He never blamed himself for his failure but the other which in his case was Germany. So, we can say that Hitler had good leader-member relations, his task orientation was high, and finally, his position power is strong, since he had all the authorities of the country.

Many know Hitler as the murderous leader of Germany in the early nineteen hundreds. Hitler was a brilliant leader arguably. Although un-ethical, he was respected. People listened to him and followed his guidance because he persuaded people so well. These people didn’t have minds of their own so he gave one to them. The rules of his leadership resided in extreme dictatorship. After World War 1, Hitler had a secured supreme political power. Hitler went on to gain their support by persuading most Germans he was their savior from the Depression, the Communists, and the Jews along with other "undesirable" minorities.

Have you ever wonder why Hitler leadership was significant? There were many reason why it was significant like how he would take over countries, he was a very powerful dictator, he was the Nazi leader, and he got support from attacking the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler’s leadership was very significant even though he was great leader he didn’t treat others well. This question will be explored throughout this piece on how significant was Hitler's leadership?, How did he rose to power?, his weaknesses and strengths.

Howell, et. al. state, “…the risks involved in charismatic leadership are at least as large as the promises. Charisma can just as easily lead to blind fanaticism in the service of megalomaniacs and dangerous values, as to heroic self-sacrifice in the service of a beneficial cause” I think that this would bring us back to the superhero conversation that we had in the first or second week of class as it is right in line with the hero and the villain, but applied to ethical and unethical

Ever wonder how a man can rise in power and almost take over the world? Hitler almost took over the world and did it ruthlessly to get where he got. How do you get to be a supreme leader from being a lowly citizen? It may seem impossible, but if you’re in the right place at the right time, speaking your mind and others agree, you could rise to the top. Adolf Hitler did just that and became to be one of the most corrupt and malicious dictators of all time. Hitler’s leadership was vitally important in his time of reign in Germany because with the amount of power he gained, he had taken advantage of his own German government and as he continued, he sought to make for world domination.

If there is such a thing as effective leadership, it involves enthusiasm, inspiration and devotion. Throughout his reign of dominance, the historical and contentious Adolf Hitler had possessed all of the listed traits; qualities in which a transformational leader seizes. Witherbee (2009) revealed that Adolf Hitler was an Australian-born German politician that was highly known as the leader of the Nazi Party. As a fascist and socialist, he took part in the Holocaust and World War II promoting the ideology of a central leadership. Moreover, Hitler’s ultimate goal was to pursue and total Nazi-German hegemony. Regardless of the blatant amount of wrong doings

Hitler, a man filled with power, a man who would conquer anything he desires to rule upon, a man with more power that no one would get in his way because they were terrified of being slaughtered. Not only was Hitler a man of power but he was a man who reigned upon all who tried to get the best of his position. He was a different man out of the rest of Germany, but he had his good leadership skills when it was needed the most to help his country survive the worst of its time reigning upon an evil man. As Hitler grew stronger in power germans realized that he was becoming more dishonorable to his country but he would get the job done. Hitler’s leadership skills were significant than others because he had conquered most of Germany, crushed democracy, his leadership wasn't so significant, and he did start World War 2.

Having the skills to be a leader is probably one of the hardest of skills that people have to learn to run a country. However, this does not apply for Adolf Hitler due to him having the skill of giving excellent speeches as well as having the proper evidence to back up his claims. These events happened after WWI so Germany was in a total economic collapse due to the Treaty of Versailles and the people were desperate to be saved from the rules they had to abide by. Hitler was a Corporal during WWI after being promoted due to his whole squad dying from an explosion, he started telling other soldiers during and after the war that there were no people of the Jewish religion on the battlefront therefore turning him against them and into a anti-semitic dictator. Some could say that his leadership was not as/or of significance compared to the treaty or that he was getting help from policies. Hitler's leadership was of excellent significance at this time and could be seen as having many events leading to this such as how the Weimar Republic failed to satisfy the people due to the depression therefore causing it to collapse, he could put the blame for Germany's problems on specific social groups such as the Jews, and how he promised to solve Germany's problems by doing what the people wanted.

Having the skills to be a leader is probably one of the hardest of skills that people have to learn to run a country. However, this does not apply for Adolf Hitler due to him having the skill of giving excellent speeches as well as having the proper evidence to back up his claims. These events happened after WWI so Germany was in a total economic collapse due to the Treaty of Versailles and the people were desperate to be saved from the rules they had to abide by. Hitler was a Corporal during WWI after being promoted due to his whole squad dying from an explosion, he started telling other soldiers during and after the war that there were no people of the Jewish religion on the battlefront therefore turning him against them and into a anti-semitic dictator. Some could say that his leadership was not as/or of significance compared to the treaty or that he was getting help from policies. Hitler's leadership was of excellent significance at this time and could be seen as having many events leading to this such as how the Weimar Republic failed to satisfy the people due to the depression therefore causing it to collapse, he could put the blame for Germany's problems on specific social groups such as the Jews, and how he promised to solve Germany's problems by doing what the people wanted.

Have you ever wondered how or why Germany citizens loved Hitler? Or how he became so successful with his leadership? Adolf Hitler, was once a soldier in World War 1, the leader that was once praised by millions of Germans, the villain who was responsible for the many deaths of Jews, which is now the most hated dictator in human history! Hitler’s leadership was significant because he gave Germany what they wanted. His extensive and effective use of propaganda made Hitler very powerful at the time. During this time, this is what made Hitler a very powerful, successful leader.

Humans have been forming groups since the beginning of humanity. We are constantly categorized as a group at the basic level as a species, as an ethnicity, and as a society. It is speculated that our success and evolution as a species is based on our ability to work with each other in collaboration on many levels to ensure our survival. Groups have enabled us to get things done efficiently, whether by combined physical effort, mental effort of generating ideas, or support of others. At its most effective, a group is considered a team. Teams are formed when

Researchers have proposed several characteristics of leaders described as ‘charismatic’. The widely accepted characteristics of charismatic leaders are (Bryman et al., 2011, p. 90-91):