The Importance of Charisma

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Sally Kohn: I think of charisma as the ability to persuade someone to do something through force of personality that you could not do through rational art. She says Donald Trump is one of the most charismatic figures in American history, and he doesn't have to be appealing to everybody to be charismatic. But narcissism and sociopathic are not right intensifiers; they're negative traits that help you get through the filters," she says. "It makes good leaders better and bad leaders worse"

In this podcast episode, we sit down with Gautam Mukunda, a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership, to discuss what we can learn about leadership from presidential elections. Drawing on insights from his book 'Picking Presidents', which examines the qualities that make for successful leaders, Mukunda provides a fascinating analysis of filtered and unfiltered presidents alike. Whether you're a political junkie or simply interested in the qualities that make for effective leadership, this episode is sure to provide plenty of food for thought.

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