What Is Leadership Charisma

Debra Benton

Oct. 09, 2017
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What is today’s charismatic leader like: They are enablers — energetic, spirited, gutsy, feisty, and maybe a little bit of an ass-kicker.

Research shows…

-They excite their staff by constantly introducing new ideas.

-Have a creative ability that inspires others.

-Bring energy and focus to implementing new ideas.

-Change with the time at breakneck speed.

-Consider all situations with one eye always looking toward the future.

-They speed up processes and produce a competitive advantage. They enable people, they don’t manage people.

A charismatic leader gets millennial followers as well as Gen X and even Boomers.

Whether it’s called spunk, or magnetism, or presence, we look for that special something in someone who has that substance as well as style.

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Debra Benton is the co-author along with Kylie Wright-Ford of the new book The Leadership Mind Switch (McGraw-Hill, 2017)

Debra Benton

D.A. (Debra) Benton has been helping great individuals and organizations get even better for over 20 years. Just as exceptional athletes rely on excellent coaching to hone their skills, Debra's clients rely on her advice to advance their careers. She focuses on what is truly important to convert what you and your organization want to be from a vision into a reality. TopCEOCoaches.com ranks her in the World's Top 10 CEO Coaches noting she is the top female. And as conference keynote speaker she is routinely rated in the top 2%. Her client list reads like a “Who's Who” of executives in companies ranging from Microsoft, McDonald's, Kraft, American Express, Merrill Lynch, United Airlines, and PricewaterhouseCoopers to the Washington Beltway and U.S.Border Patrol. *She is the author of ten award-winning and best-selling business books including The Virtual Executive and CEO Material. She has written for the Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Fast Company. She has been featured in USA Today, Fortune, The New York Times, and Time; she has appeared on Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, and CBS with Diane Sawyer. To learn more Debra advising leaders, coaching, facilitating a workshop, or speaking: www.debrabenton.com