Цитаты из книги Leadership Presence: Dramatic Techniques to Reach Out, Motivate, and Inspire

The PRES Model of Leadership Presence: P stands for being Present, the ability to be completely in the moment, and flexible enough to handle the unexpected. R stands for Reaching out, the ability to build relationships with others through empathy, listening, and authentic connection. E stands for Expressiveness, the…

What you have to do is find the truth, because that’s the essential element that is the middle of all art. It’s the middle of acting, whether it’s for the camera or on the stage... It’s the center of our lives... Once you capture the truth in your own terms, nothing can happen that will bother you. F. Murray Abraham

Great leaders, like great actors, must be confident, energetic, empathetic, inspirational, credible, and authentic.

Just because you’ve won the lead in a play or a leadership title at work doesn’t mean you automatically hold any more sway over your audience or your people.

But for the narcissistic charismatic leader, the chief value is “me,” and the problem is that followers inevitably discover that value, causing the luster to wear off.

Charisma itself is not necessarily the villain, but narcissistic charisma is. That’s the kind of charisma that allows an individual to sway the masses and stir up followers while maintaining emotional distance or even disdain for those followers. Charisma as an element of true Leadership Presence can be a tool for good,…

A leader is anyone who tries to move a group toward obtaining a particular result. You don’t need a title to lead.

If you list the qualities and skills needed by great leaders, there would be many items on the list that actors don’t need, such as the ability to create a great vision of the future, skill in negotiating, the ability to plan and coordinate, and the courage to make decisions that will change peoples’ lives.

We’ve all heard politicians say, “I feel your pain,” when we know they’re simply saying what they think we want to hear.