Eisner seemed to know instinctively what to do. Transformational leadership is a recent term that partially overlaps with Weber's idea of charismatic leadership. This refers to the need to transform certain organizations as conditions change. The Persistence of Leadership refers to its persistence from childhood to adulthood. Leaders in junior and senior high school continue to be leaders their whole lives.
Some psychologists believe that the relation with mother sets the pattern.
They note that a large proportion of American presidents have strong and frustrated mothers, for example Franklin Roosevelt, Kennedy, Nixon, Carter, Reagan and Clinton. They may have weak, absent or alcoholic fathers, for example Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton. Although by most measures, such as educational attainment, lifetime income, and occupational status, oldest children do best, with respect to politics middle children do best. The family sets the pattern, with the parent as a role model. A participatory and stable home is best.