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The Myth of Charismatic Leadership:
Harvard Business School and Beyond
The first thing I notice about the Harvard
Business School campus is the way
people walk. No one ambles, strolls, or
lingers. They stride, full of forward momentum.
It’s crisp and autumnal the
week I visit, and the students’ bodies
seem to vibrate with September electricity
as they advance across campus.
When they cross each other’s paths
they don’t merely nod—they exchange
animated greetings, inquiring about
this one’s summer with J. P. Morgan or
that one’s trek in the Himalayas.
They behave the same way inside the
social hothouse of the Spangler Center,
the sumptuously decorated student center.
Spangler has floor-to-ceiling silk
curtains in sea-foam green, rich leather
sofas, giant Samsung high-definition
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