Charles M. Manson: A Visionary Leader: Charles Manson

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Charles M. Mason
Charles Manson and his followers known as, (The Family) were convicted of the murders in Los Angles back in 1969. Based on the prosecution’s theory that they were part of a plan to trigger the Helter Skelter (an apocalyptic war arising from racial tensions between blacks and whites) scenario. In this paper, we will discuss how Charles Manson was a Visionary Leader, however his Vision was tainted with Unethical Decision Making. Charles Mason used power of persuasion and manipulation to achieve his vision of chaos.
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Charles Manson was without a doubt a man who manipulated his followers based on Inspirational Motivation. Inspirational Motivation according to Full Range Leadership within the ALE Student Guide, …show more content…

Charles Manson did not have rank structures like we do within the Department of Defense, however through Inspirational Motivation, he was able to get his followers to do what he envisioned. The verbiage,” because I told you too or because I outrank you” didn’t apply. There was no, writing them up for disobeying a lawful order. His followers weren’t getting a paycheck twice a month. He led and they followed. Imagine that in your own commands that your subordinates truly bought into the commands mission and vision statements that the Commanding Officer strives for and trust that we as their leaders are instilling in them. Throughout my career every time a new Commanding Officer O takes over, there are new mission statements based upon their visions. It goes up on the wall, talked about during the first week of being updated, and might come up every now and then. Junior Sailors aren’t interested in that, most if not all doesn’t even know one much less all three. Their motivation is in the form of liberty. Getting one junior Sailor to buy into the mission and the vision of our leaders like Charles Manson did for his “Family”, would cause a rippling effect, resulting in a sense of purpose and pride like there has never been before in today’s

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