Ethical Charismatic Leader:

(Gandhi)- Uses power to serve others; aligns vision with followers' needs and aspirations; considers and learns from criticism; stimulates followers to think independently and to question the leader's view; uses open, two-way communication; coaches, develops, and supports followers; shares recognition with others; relies on internal moral standards to satisfy organizational and societal interests. Unethical Charismatic Leader (Hitler) - Uses power only for personal gain or impact; promotes own personal vision; censures critical or opposing views; demands that own decisions be accepted without question; one-way communication; insensitive to followers' needs; relies on convenient external moral standards to satisfy self-interests. The double-edged sword of charismatic leadership is readily seen in the impact on followers. Ethical charismatic leaders convert followers into leaders. By expressing confidence in followers' abilities to accomplish collective goals and encouraging them to think on their own and question established ways of

doing things, they create followers who are more capable of leading themselves. Followers feel independent, confident, powerful, and capable. They eventually take responsibility for their own actions; gain rewards through self-reinforcement and -- like their leader -- establish a set of internal standards to guide their actions and behavior. Charismatic Leaders are comparable in spite of the specific character of each case, but not necessarily in spite of the socio-economic-cultural contexts. Significant analogies can be noticed between the political roles of Mahatma Gandhi and Hitler in the following respects: the dramatic historical circumstances of their emergence as leaders; the movements that they headed; the symbol of hope that they became in the eyes of the people; the faith they had in their historical mission and their determination; the outstanding political talents of these two men; the direct contact with the people that these leaders were able to establish and the foundation of a new political order and regime but the similarities end here. The main difference between Gandhi and Hitler was the positive effect Gandhi bought for the whole world and the negative effect Hitler bought for the whole world. how

Gandhi was both a charismatic and transformational leader who had superior values and ethics while Hitler was just a charismatic leader who had negative values and ethics.

A Compelling Vision:
Gandhis vision was that of a Free Independent India with the help of non-violent and noncooperation to the British Hitlers vision was that of a Creation of a supreme Aryan race in Germany bereft of the Jews which had its foundations in Hitlers deep hatred for socialism and Jews. He saw socialism as part of a Jewish conspiracy. His vision was only compelling to the extent of the Nazi oriented German citizens and was the cause of the 2nd world war which crippled the German economy, resulted in lots of Jewish people being killed, purged, raped and destruction of National monuments and heritage all over Europe. According to Hans Frank, One must not say that

Hitler violated the German people - he seduced them! They followed him with a mad jubilation

Good Orator:
Both Gandhi and Hitler were great orators. The only difference is that Gandhi did not need a warm up; he was spontaneous where as Hitler in the other hand needed a person to warm up the audience in all of his rallies.

Dramatics and Theatrics:

Many charismatic leaders are renowned for their exemplary rhetorical skills and powers of persuasion and their sense of drama. Interpreting the charismatic relationship as a drama invokes a cast of characters, with the charismatic leader and followers as main protagonist and co-protagonists, respectively, and competitors and opponents as antagonists. Both Gandhi and Hitler used this style to good effect. Gandhi tough unknowingly and unwittingly used drama to good powerful effect. The innovative approach of non-violent resistance, non-cooperation movement, the fast undo death till the violence

stopped, the burning of western clothes and wearing of a home woven dothi, the dandi march. Gandhi by doing all this created a Cult of Gandhi Worship both by Indians and foreigners alike.

Hitler too established a Cult of Hitler Worship. He believed that people in Germany needed to see him as a father figure who would take care of them from the cradle to the grave. This would ensure his continuance as an absolute leader. Hitler used a series of propaganda and threat of terror to achieve his cult status. Posters were put up everywhere of Hitler, Mein Kampf was given as a special gift to married couples and children on special occasions, his speeches were broadcast all over Germany and the Youth were made to worship him

ower and Influence style used by both leaders:

Power and influence play a major role in how leaders project their influence.

Gandhis power base was socialized power while Hitler derived his power form position. Gandhi choose to use only one form of power that is Moral Power based on his own personal values, convictions and examples while Hitler various forms of power such as Coercive power, Legitimate power Gandhis followers were affected by Internalization : commitment due to appeal to values, beliefs and self image regardless of benefits and derived from insight about the influences values and beliefs i.e. free independent India and resistance of nonviolence and non- cooperation while Hitlers followers were affected by Instrumental compliance: motivation for reward or avoidance of punishment, without which there would be no influence, some were affected by Internalization and other half were affected by Identification: Commitment to imitate the same values and behaviors so as to please, arising from the need for affiliation and acceptance. The influencing tactics Gandhi was that of Inspirational appeal, rational persuasion and personal appeal while Hitler used Pressure and Legitimization and to some extent Inspirational appeal.

Hitler in all his tenacity used power only for his personal agenda. He promoted his own agenda and used various mediums to censure critical or opposing views, he was very autocratic and demanding, never listened to what the followers really wanted and was insensitive to the followers needs, and only tried to satisfy his own self-interests. He is a classic example of Dark Charisma. The Gandhi-Hitler issue can always be debated and will always be debated but one thing is for sure that Gandhi was a better leader to his followers than Hitler ever was. rture. We can see that effect in many recent Bollywood films such as Munna Bhai where in the main theme is centered on Gandhis teaching. This is what ethical and moral leadership does, Gandhi is dead but he is still remembered for his selfless, moral and servant charismatic Leadership while Hitler too is remembered but for all the wrong reasons, he is remembered as a demonic monster who led the massacre of thousands of Jews, was the main catalyst of the 2nd world war and who did numerous evil things.