Comments on: The Telegraph: Charisma Coaching–Learning to Be Like Barack Obama http://coachingcommons.org/news/the-telegraph-charisma-coaching-learning-to-be-like-barack-obama/ Where Radical Possibilities are Explored & Pursued Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:20:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Edward Brown http://coachingcommons.org/news/the-telegraph-charisma-coaching-learning-to-be-like-barack-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-4780 Edward Brown Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:58:45 +0000 http://coachingcommons.org/?p=5299#comment-4780 Good points on the manifestation of charismatic traits. Smiling, standing erect and making eye contact are typically how charismatic personalities express themselves. To delve into what makes a charismatic personality requires a bit deal more. For example, many charismatics like Michael Jordan and John F. Kennedy had early childhood challenges where they were counted out as being insignificant. It was the need to prove their value as well as overcome their insecurities that allowed their natural charisma to be developed. Other traits representative of charismatic personalities according to Jay Conger, a London Business School professor and USC researcher are: ¬∑ A restless compulsion to challenge the status quo. The charismatic personality is most at home, and most effective, in chaos. ¬∑ A clear vision within uncharted territory to explore ¬∑ An ability to articulate a vision compellingly to any audience and to imbue it with a sense of great importance. ¬∑ An ability to create a sense that no other person could--or would--take the same tactic. ¬∑ An ability to inspire and permit those around him to do extraordinary things. It goes without saying that charisma isn't easily produced, but its affectations can be emulated. Edward Brown Core Edge Image & Charisma Institute www.charismatoday.blogspot.com Good points on the manifestation of charismatic traits. Smiling, standing erect and making eye contact are typically how charismatic personalities express themselves. To delve into what makes a charismatic personality requires a bit deal more. For example, many charismatics like Michael Jordan and John F. Kennedy had early childhood challenges where they were counted out as being insignificant. It was the need to prove their value as well as overcome their insecurities that allowed their natural charisma to be developed. Other traits representative of charismatic personalities according to Jay Conger, a London Business School professor and USC researcher are:

· A restless compulsion to challenge the status quo. The charismatic personality is most at home, and most effective, in chaos.

· A clear vision within uncharted territory to explore

· An ability to articulate a vision compellingly to any audience and to imbue it with a sense of great importance.

¬∑ An ability to create a sense that no other person could–or would–take the same tactic.

· An ability to inspire and permit those around him to do extraordinary things.

It goes without saying that charisma isn’t easily produced, but its affectations can be emulated.

Edward Brown
Core Edge Image & Charisma Institute
http://www.charismatoday.blogspot.com

]]> By: Billy C H Teoh http://coachingcommons.org/news/the-telegraph-charisma-coaching-learning-to-be-like-barack-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-4683 Billy C H Teoh Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:51:53 +0000 http://coachingcommons.org/?p=5299#comment-4683 From what I gathered from reading the story on 'charismatic coaching', it seems to point to 'body language' coaching (part of projection/attraction & listening skills), with plenty of feedbacks, raising of awareness and corrective work. Something which I may need to consistently be 'coached-trained' or 'supervised' so as to elevate my 'moment of truths' in coaching (now I can see the value of 'coach supervision' in this respect). Although 'charismatic coaching' seems to be niche coaching, it sounds to me like 'mainstream', where it could be practised across all coaching domains. Where can we draw the line between 'charismatic coaching', and the core skills of projective/attraction & listening skills in coaching, so that clear distinctions can be made? Or is it just another branding term? Billy C H Teoh Malaysia. From what I gathered from reading the story on ‘charismatic coaching’, it seems to point to ‘body language’ coaching (part of projection/attraction & listening skills), with plenty of feedbacks, raising of awareness and corrective work. Something which I may need to consistently be ‘coached-trained’ or ‘supervised’ so as to elevate my ‘moment of truths’ in coaching (now I can see the value of ‘coach supervision’ in this respect).

Although ‘charismatic coaching’ seems to be niche coaching, it sounds to me like ‘mainstream’, where it could be practised across all coaching domains. Where can we draw the line between ‘charismatic coaching’, and the core skills of projective/attraction & listening skills in coaching, so that clear distinctions can be made? Or is it just another branding term?

Billy C H Teoh
Malaysia.

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