No one tentatively broke a world record or gingerly smashed a sales meeting out the park. Confidence comes before achievement. It’s a prerequisite of winning moves. If you feel like confidence is ...

In Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump (Convergent, May 2025), historian Molly Worthen examines how charismatic leaders, in the public square or the ...

Effective leadership is a learned discipline, not an innate personality trait like charisma, which can often mask a lack of competence. Disciplined reflection, involving analyzing decisions and ...

Rizz, a slang term for charisma, is the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year (beating out Swiftie and situationship). This seems an appropriate time to write about the psychology of charisma.

Church movements need magnetic leaders. But the best leaders need more than charm. Emad is an exception in many ways. He grew up in a massive slum but rose to be the branch manager of a bank in a ...