Coaching practices for The Charisma Myth with My Team

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  • I’ve read all the tips about eye contact and posture, but the harder I work to perform the right body language the more wooden I feel
  • When I walk into a room with people who outrank me I seem to shrink
  • I stand up and tell my team what we value, but I’ve started to wonder whether my own choices actually match the words
  • I’m new on this team and tempted to lead with how relatable and human I am, but nobody’s seen me actually deliver yet
  • I say one slightly awkward thing and then completely unravel

Practices that may help

  1. The Charisma Myth, Made Practical
    Olivia Fox Cabane’s core claim is that charisma isn’t an innate gift but a set of trainable behaviors built from three ingredients: presence (being fully here), warmth (you like and accept them), and power (you can affect the world). It’s a practitioner framework rather than a tested protocol, though its parts rhyme with research on nonverbal behavior, warmth-competence, and attention.
  2. Fix the inner state, not the outer mask
    Your body language broadcasts your real internal state — so change the state, not the surface.
    The Charisma Myth, Made Practical
  3. Convey power
    Signal that you have the ability to affect the world — competence, status, or capability.
    The Charisma Myth, Made Practical
  4. Model the values you expect (idealized influence)
    Become a living example of the values you want your team to hold.
    Transformational Leadership, Made Practical
  5. Build a credibility foundation before showing vulnerability
    The pratfall effect only works if people already perceive you as competent — so earn that first.
    The Pratfall Effect, Made Practical
  6. Recover gracefully from awkward moments
    How you handle a slip-up signals more about your status than the slip itself.
    The Charisma Myth, Made Practical
  7. Adapt to Expressives: lead with energy, vision, and big picture
    With high-assertiveness, high-responsiveness people, match their enthusiasm and connect to the larger story.
    Social Style Matrix: Adapting to How People Communicate
  8. Signal credibility without claiming it
    Let your knowledge show through questions and specifics, not through declarations of expertise.
    The Trust Equation, Made Practical
  9. Lead from the influencing domain — take charge, speak up, make sure others are heard
    People strong in influencing sell the team’s ideas inside and outside the organization.
    Strengths-Based Leadership, Made Practical
  10. Project warmth
    Signal that you like and accept the person — warmth is goodwill made visible.
    The Charisma Myth, Made Practical

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