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A charismatic person can take the temperature of a room, and then command and energize it. Some characteristics of charisma include a genuine interest in others, emotional awareness, confidence, ...

Yet charismatic leadership is not always a curse. It can work—but only when institutions are strong enough to contain it, and ...

It’s hard to think about politics today without immediately picturing the face of a party’s leader, charismatic or otherwise.