Can You Learn Charisma?

About this episode

This episode dispels the myth that charisma is an innate gift and provides practical guidance on how to develop it.

Charisma is sold to us as a divine gift that you’re either born with… or not.  We bandy the word around quite a bit… and even though charisma comes with some negative connotations, most of us wish we had more of it. Describing the things that make up charisma can be difficult: It’s quite an intangible concept, which is why it’s so easy to fall back on observable, physical attributes , like height, confidence, wardrobe choices, and tone of voice. This tells you less about charisma, and more about our deeply ingrained assumptions about what a leader is supposed to look like. In this episode, I dispel the charisma myth, and give you the practical guidance you need to build your charisma; no matter where you feel you are right now, or what your beliefs about charisma were before you pressed play on this episode. Source Material: No Bullsh!t Leadership episodes: Ep 31: Don’t Shoot the Messenger Ep.145: Humour is Underrated Wikipedia link: Charles Duhigg Elizabeth Holmes Theranos Amazon links: Blink Duke University study: Voice Pitch and Labor Market Success of Male CEOs LBT link: Leadership Beyond the Theory ———————— Have you taken our free Leadership Blindspot test ? ✨ In just 5…

People in this episode

Host: Martin G Moore

Topics covered

• charisma
• leadership
• personal development
• communication skills
• myths about charisma

Keywords

• charisma
• leadership
• confidence
• communication
• personal growth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Theranos

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