A leader of the Catholic charismatic renewal said he believes that charismatics will enjoy harmonious relations with Pope Leo XIV following a mixed experience with Pope Francis, whose efforts to ...

A crucial part of January 6 remains untold. Foot soldiers stormed the Capitol. But what about the theological ring leaders who inspired many of them? That's according to Matthew D. Taylor, whose new ...

Molly Worthen’s Spellbound is an elegant, witty, readable, original, and deeply troubling book. A professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Worthen has spent two decades ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the psychology of leadership, tech and entrepreneurship. Charisma is one of the most complex and fascinating topics ...

You’re in a meeting. Your charismatic colleague pitches their idea with confidence and natural charm. Everyone leans in. You think to yourself: “I could never command a room like that.” But what if ...

But let’s not mistake it for calling. Charisma has fallen on hard times in the church. Or at least some of us have become suspicious of it. The cracks have been showing for a while. Nine years ago, ...

The word charisma is a blanket term for a set of behaviors or traits a person has that make them engaging and cause others to want to listen to them and follow them. It is hard to be a good leader ...

Rizz, a slang term for charisma, is the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year (beating out Swiftie and situationship). This seems an appropriate time to write about the psychology of charisma.

The battle to break Britain’s two-party duopoly has a new front — this time on the left. Enter Zack Polanski, the charismatic young leader of the Green Party whose savvy online communication style and ...

Defining what makes a good leader is hard. Great leaders have certain qualities that are difficult to identify and pin down, begging the question: Why do people follow them? Often, the answer has to ...