One emergent theme is how leaders’ charismatic qualities can influence and motivate followers through their espoused visions. There are several definitions of charismatic leadership in the literature. These cultic dynamics may include charismatic leadership, a compelling vision, intellectual stimulation, individual consideration, and promotion of a common culture to advance a cultic leader’s goals.
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In “Charismatic Leadership and Corporate Cultism at Enron: The Elimination of Dissent, the Promotion of Conformity and Organizational Collapse”, Tourish claims that the characteristics and leadership practices of CEOs have evolved to a more cultic direction over time. In his research, Tourish focused on the organizational culture or what he called “ corporate cultism” that led to Enron’s 2001 bankruptcy. Tourish’s research on leadership and cults to identify similarities and gain insights that can be applied to future research on military cultism. Military organizations are not immune to groupthink, unfortunately, leading to cultism if members are not aware. Led by charismatic leaders, groupthink is a phenomenon seen throughout history, from multibillion-dollar corporations like Enron to religious cults like Jonestown that ended in mass suicides. Unfortunately, some of these behaviors and charismatic qualities can influence cultic practices like groupthink, as seen with the Navy SEALs’ refusal to testify against their teammate. Three of his teammates refused to testify against him in court, with one willing to go to jail rather than testifying.Ī common theme among all three leaders is that they possess certain behaviors and charisma that both their bosses and followers valued, which got them to those leadership positions. A telling story, however, is the Navy SEAL accused of war crimes for targeting Iraqi civilians and murdering a teenage detainee in 2017. Space Force commanding officer was relieved for publicly challenging Secretary of Defense Austin’s stand down to address extremism and DoD’s diversity and inclusion initiative based on his partisan views. Army colonel was relieved from his brigade command for creating a toxic work environment by bullying subordinate commanders and staff officers. These behaviors ranged from bullying subordinates, partisan views at work to severe criminal offenses like murder.
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