Take a minute to picture a charismatic person in your life. Maybe it’s your former boss who could command a conference room in seconds, or that one friend who drinks in every word you say, making you ...

There's always that one person in every office or circle who seems to own a room even if they were the last person to enter it (fashionably late). They can hold an audience like the late Queen of ...

Some people instantly make us feel important. Some people instantly make us feel special. Some people light up a room just by walking in. We can't always define it, but some people have it: They're ...

Charisma is not something you’re born with. It's a learned skill. And further, it’s something we all possess naturally as children—that total absorption in an emotion that we then radiate physically ...

Why has the authority of American elites been swept aside? Historian Molly Worthen argues that it’s because they failed ...

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(RNS) — What drives people to follow a leader and place their faith in that person’s story? That question is at the heart of religion historian and journalist Molly Worthen’s latest book, “Spellbound: ...

Some people instantly make us feel important. Some people instantly make us feel special. Some people light up a room just by walking in. We can’t always define it, but some people have it: They’re ...