Charisma

10
8
Angela Dorothea Merkel Narcism 6
4
Empathy

Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German politician who has served as 2

Humility 0 Integrity
Chancellor of Germany since 2005. She is one of the most
powerful women in the world and has been recognised as the
"leader of the free world" since 2016. Emotional… Transactional
Transformational

Leadership dimension Score Comment

Angela Merkel is not a person who was born with charisma but had been developing it. She has nowadays a remarkable ability to communicate and to
Charisma 7 engage with her audience. She has earned the respect of the Germans and has managed to influence millions of people to the extent that her
nickname is “Mutti = Mother”.
Angela Merkel is always trying to help people and puts herself in their position. As she did with the Syrian refugees in 2015 and currently doing in the
Empathy 10
middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, she has already donated more than a million vaccines to other countries.
She governs and protects the country thanks to her moral integrity. She always gives priority to the lives of others. She saved and continues to save the
Integrity 8
lives of thousands of people. She remains an honest leader who wants the best for others.
Angela Merkel has had to fight against her own party in the parliament many times, for example, with the refugees. She does not measure success by
Transactional 2 her party's system. She lets situations and circumstances guide her and fights for her vision, even if it is not the vision of her party.

Angela Merkel, since 2005 has shown outstanding leadership in helping Germany to grow and change its vision. For example, the plan to close all the
Transformational 10 nations nuclear power plants by 2022 or in 2010 when under her stewardship, Germany's economy recovered faster than any other country in Europe,
where she managed to keep the eurozone together.
She attributes her diplomatic successes to her emotional intelligence: the ability to put herself in the shoes of all the players in a complex multilateral
Emotional Intelligence 10
chess game. And she keeps it cool.
Merkel is one of those people who are more concerned about understanding others than being understood. She displays attentive listening skills with
Humility 9
staff at all levels. She grasps the concerns of each team member and masters their arguments and not just her own.
Merkel is the opposite. She is a great listener, she has a very high level of empathy, criticism is not a problem for her, and Merkel apologises when she
Narcism 1
is wrong. Rather than showing the world how great and powerful she is, she concentrates on her visions and plans.