
Leadership and Charisma
Popper(Author)
Spines (Publisher)
Published on 4. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
130 pages
979-8-90222-333-7 (ISBN)
Description
We are accustomed to speaking in different terms about leaders: what motivates them, how leadership charisma is created, what is difficult to explain. What distinguishes charismatic leaders from other leaders? We often attribute to charismatic leaders mysterious and elusive qualities. Yet when we examine them through a systematic evolutionary lens, these qualities become part of a broader and more understandable framework.
In recent years, research on leadership has increasingly incorporated insights from evolutionary theory. This theory helps explain why humans respond to leaders the way they do, what character traits are perceived as leadership traits, why we attribute "charisma" to certain leaders, how leaders influence followers, and why there are different types of leadership and leadership styles that affect people in different ways.
Leadership and Charisma deals with the evolutionary foundations of leadership and charismatic phenomena. The book presents leadership as a complex phenomenon that has roots in our evolutionary history. From this perspective, the evolutionary mechanisms that shaped the human mind influence how leadership traits developed, how authority is perceived, and how leaders gain influence.
The book describes leadership as a multi-layered phenomenon that evolved through a reciprocal relationship between humans and their social environment. It offers a comprehensive framework for understanding different leadership styles and shows how they all build upon a common evolutionary foundation.
In recent years, research on leadership has increasingly incorporated insights from evolutionary theory. This theory helps explain why humans respond to leaders the way they do, what character traits are perceived as leadership traits, why we attribute "charisma" to certain leaders, how leaders influence followers, and why there are different types of leadership and leadership styles that affect people in different ways.
Leadership and Charisma deals with the evolutionary foundations of leadership and charismatic phenomena. The book presents leadership as a complex phenomenon that has roots in our evolutionary history. From this perspective, the evolutionary mechanisms that shaped the human mind influence how leadership traits developed, how authority is perceived, and how leaders gain influence.
The book describes leadership as a multi-layered phenomenon that evolved through a reciprocal relationship between humans and their social environment. It offers a comprehensive framework for understanding different leadership styles and shows how they all build upon a common evolutionary foundation.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
161 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-90222-333-7 (9798902223337)
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