“Charm was a scheme for making strangers like and trust a person immediately, *no matter what the Charmer had in mind”* -Kurt Vonnegut.

This talk, along with the talk of Amy Cuddy are the two most important talks on TED about leadership. Cuddy focuses on nonverbal behavior and Antonakis on the rhetorics (how to speak) using a variety of techniques to project a vision and to be more charismatic. A must see for leaders (or if you want to become one).

This video is really cool. He speaks in a very colourful ways and shows you how to be more charismatic. It is actually easy to be charismatic if you follow the steps he has in the charisma triangle. This talk is also based on a lot of science and is not like many other blah blah talks that are based on opinion. A must see.

Now imagine a 10 out 10 faced guy becoming charismatic and equally competent at their respective field. Sounds like the perfect human.

I think he is charismatic. I expected to be bored (this was assigned for a class) but I was engaged almost immediately.

The most memorable thing about this is the guy at the end with the badass eyepatch.

excellent presentation love the way he encourages us in saying we can all learn this skill....

"They haven't chosen their faces."😅 This man is too funny!

THIS IS LIKE THE MOVIE INTERSTELLAR FOR ME.. PASSED AT A HEIGHT OF 10 THOUSAND MILES. There after I realise, how wisely he used the phrase with "I" and "WE". Good ONe

excellent talk! esp. loved the point about how charismatic speech can equally motivate workers (compared to monetary incentives).

Listen to this guy. 100% accurate. A friend of mine is manager at Google right now from cheer charisma and now is plain egocentric. People like him. He's likable and THAT itself is a FACT.

Is this charisma? I wouldn't say so. This is a lesson on how to be _compelling._ Charisma is rather rare, charisma is when a person walks into a room without saying or doing anything at all and people turn their heads to see. Charisma is when you start talking and everyone around you listens in silence. Charisma is a combination or mannerisms, tone, facial expressions and emotion. It is also boosted by personal feats, a sense of style etc. One way to put it, is that when people get older and more experienced, they also gradually become more charismatic because life makes them less nervous and more wise. For example the world famous singer-bassist Lemmy Kilmister was very charismatic. How did people describe his charisma? They said that rooms fell silent when he walked in, everyone listened when he spoke, they said he was intelligent, civilised and loyal. Charisma, to put it bluntly, is being what other people want to be, to be admirable.

This guy looks low key like José Mourinho

This is some amazing information. Every leader NEEDS to know this!

This is so interesting and fascinating at the same time.

Brilliant. Thank you!

I had been studying charisma and think am capable of giving a Ted-comment on the topic, so here it comes:- Salience is Charisma. In Psychology, Attention is a function of Salience. People tend to treat people who are more salient as more causal. In Switzerland, confession cases are required to be recorded in an angle which focuses on both the convict and the interrogator in order to avoid a false confession. Why is that so? How does the angle of recording affect someone's judgement? It is because when we have only face to focus upon, we treat them as more causal. If you are any minority in a group, you will be treated more causal, based on the predicament. Charismatic people are Tall, good speaker, good Listner, *good story tellers* , enthusiastic, charming (our attention) and know how to handle attention and pass it to the crowd in the back. That hits the brain with positive emotions. These all are salient features. Now, don't be an attention seeker. Be worthy of people's attention, that is charming. Speak clearly and with confidence, people will pay attention to it. They will judge you positively (Admirably) and you will come off as charismatic. Also, you cannot act out charismatic. You can change to be charismatic.

just because someone studies basketball science, it doesn’t mean they can play basketball. he never said he was charismatic but he made studies and did his homework on it.

Cool presentation. Worth watching.

I had a general manager of a hotel who looked competent/someone you'd vote for and everyone who didn't work with him described him as a 'well respected businessman'. That staff knew he was a sham, and sure enough the executives drained the hotels assets with large salaries, lived off the hotel's former good reputation for a time, didn't reinvest in the hotel and eventually declared bankruptcy. We lost our jobs and a month later he was working for a big chain.

very helpful, thank you

Words are powerful.

Simple and straight to the point...fake it!

Well if you present ppl with no prior information about these ppl except how they look like then no matter the question,the selection would be solely on the basis of their facial features and they'll always choose the better looking ones. This would be different if they had more info on these ppl but it does prove that beautiful ppl are attractive.

This was a very good talk.

The last 5 mnts of this means a lot🙏🖤

Personally, he's not that charismatic but what he said is interesting.

amazing video, i love social psychology

Charisma in abundance.

Amazing.

good video, I liked the story about the starfish.

You really have to practice aligning your thoughts with body language though. It was quite different when I first started doing it but when I applied to everyday situations people really started to take a liking to me.

*My face has all the advantages possible, it radiates and oozes with charm and warmth;* my personality is dire, dreary and depressing. I am Daffy Duck when I speak. Not to mention that my IQ falls well below the walnuts' bell curve of intelligence. I just nod and shake my head to keep my *Halo Effect.*

Awesome!!

Actually an interesting video didnt expected that

I'm writing down that starfish bit and adding it to my own routines toolbox

Opposite 🔥The Man on the Right is My Guy!!!

Charisma if We don't have it We cannot fake it. We can smell voony from far away.

I started day dreaming watching the end of this

Damn! I got the right question right.

+John Antonakis hi, can i know what are the exact words that you use for the point no.3 Deliver at 10:05 ? i can only see body language and humor. also where can i get more example of metaphor and stories? is there a book that u written that contain more details about all these charisma stuff? i saw some leadership books but i think they are different in some ways. kind help me out please :)

does anyone know where i can get an image of the model he mentioned in 10:00

Part of the reason why I want to be less charismatic is because of the fact that so many people put so much weight on it. They will expend their resources on appearance and acting all while they miss out on the real truth in the end.

He lived in Africa but he is not African. We Africans have the thing he talking from our social life style. Thank you

does anyone know what this guy has done in this talk im talking not of the subject matter but the psychology behind it. I want to learn tactical formula, hacks ect in leadership

his presentation has great information but needs more Charisma !!

If this is an evolutionary lecture, I always wanted to learn about evolution. I really like this. Also I am high, I just thought I'd share this. (: love you.

Is there a good book that I can read that supports his point of view? Thanks in advance!

Charisma means gifted. The gifts are meaningless if you can't uplift, entertain, teach or heal with your God-given gift. Everyone is charismatic but few use it to its fullest extent. Peace to all.

good job

according to this I think Trump will win.

When he gave the first example, I thought he sounded like Sheldon. Then HE said Sheldon! LOL

Charisma ....Could be built by leader?

Wow very good! :)

Really well done but just a layer of the cake when it comes to the enigma of charisma. Don't you think?

The pictures seemed to be biased by the quality of the photo or shading of the subject?

3:03 - YAAAAAAS "EVOLUTIONARY BAGGAGE".

Charisma is innate, it's not 'taught' nor learned. Accepting yourself for who you are make you come off as authentic and not fake.

I think there is a lot more to the Wisconsin senate seat poll... When asking the crowd that question, it would be interesting to see the results if he asked in different order. So the Democrat on the left first, then the right. And in the boat captain, the crowd tended to pick the better quality picture...

Who Chose the womn in Left?

judging people by their appearance, that's all what this is.

Hair matters. Having a good hairline and thick hair can get you the job over the dude who might be more qualified but who has thinning hair and is balding. Charisma plays a huge role of course, but looks play more of a role at least at first, and not everyone who is good looking has charisma.

When I hear a stories I think: "Hey this man is trying too hard, he wants something. Does he want to use me?" So I don't trust this kind of people. I interrupt them if I can and ask what does he want, after that... magic happens

Let’s face it: charisma matters- to some people, but others couldn’t care less.

Great stuff, for sure. But John Antonakis fails to share something essential: the techniques to build "charisma" must be learned in a particular sequence. The foundation - body language tools - must be built first. Without mastery of these tools ( that we all use but most people unconsciously and often awkwardly), everything that follows ( voice tools, facial expression, storytelling techniques) is not very solid. In fact, I personally found John Antonakis' presentation skills good (not excellent). He came accross as too cerebral, too academic and the emotion and authenticity weren't really there for me. IMHO he could work on body language techniques a bit more.

He is an academician. Don’t judge him on charisma

After I noticed that his jacket seems to change colour depending on the camera angle it was very difficult to concentrate on the talk. Question, is it brown, dark grey, or black?

Politicians should be faceless

Jose Mourinho is it you?

The trouble with politicians is they want to be in office, and it often ain't for your and my benefit. Perhaps the job should actually go to the one who wants it the least. And maybe no one should see this person, or hear them speak. Wouldn't that be an interesting change?

The camera work in this and other talks is terrible. They turn away from the slides causing you to miss important information. Such as the final point in the charisma triangle in this talk.

I think charisma is confused with a simple speech technic. 2 different concepts.

the way he pronounced *bassist* and then the *only in America*

Did I miss the secret or how to be charismatic?

That’s why I dump all my stats into charisma whenever I start a new fallout game

I got all the answers opposite!!

It’s hilarious the fact that he’s absolutley right and yet he has no natural charisma, he’d do mutch better at a stand up :))

Put the price you want, on your tags.

Always judge a book by its cover.

oh no...he has given away all the tricks!... But I think he did not mention one important thing: Yes, you can script your speech and messages to include stories and metaphors to make it captivating, but you cannot act naturally if you do not mean what you say. Politicians and leaders are not trained actors (and they should not be), if they lie or act on stage- its visible and feels unnatural and fake. People who believe in what they say are passionate about it and audience can feel it. Charisma is something which is natural, you can make it better but you can't make it up from scratch.

lesson：shallowness is one of human nature，democracy is a a joke.

Great talk! Does this mean that Candidate Donald Trump will win the US Presidential Election? He has nailed that finger pointing charisma tactic pretty good!

I'm sorry but I can't watch this. I keep zoning out. How ironic.

Is this even about charisma? They’re choosing based on better looking faces..that’s pretty shallow as well..charisma is mainly about the personality mixed with intelligence and body language..this is actually pretty sad

This man has a good looking movie face.

one of the audience members in the front is having an existential crisis lmao

So charisma is about telling stories and metaphors?

on campus, i feel like i see indians (not born in america) try too hard to have charisma, specifically those in business school... it's annoying and inauthentic...

Charisma instead of money works ? !!!. Metaphors and stories can work but if it's not consistent with action overtime the charisma will begin to crack..

I was not able to choose the boat captains, am I abnormal? :)

My name is Sheldon.

I suffer from an excess of charisma.

Well, easy for him, he's super good looking and has that sexy accent, too! :)

9:37

I wonder why , this video has very few views...

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When you teach charisma , you must have one first. The speaker lacks it.

And look at South Africa now

It seems that i'm not normal. in that test i got 1 out of 5.