“Emotions are charismatic. Focused emotions are very charismatic. To lead people with charisma, you need to take charge of and focus your emotions.” PeopleNeedsEmotionFocusFocusedCharismaCharismatic Author:Nick Morgan
“If you adopt the body language of a power player, it will greatly facilitate your ability to be a power player.” IfsBodyLanguageAbilityPlayerFacilitateBody Language Author:Nick Morgan
“Use your unconscious mind to read other people's intents, emotions, and desires.” PeopleMindUseDesireEmotionUnconsciousUnconscious Mind Author:Nick Morgan
“You have to begin by posing questions to your unconscious mind, and then listening very carefully for the answers. If you pose the right kinds of questions, and listen well, you can begin to tap into the power of your unconscious mind.” IfsMindWellsKindAnswersListeningUnconsciousUnconscious MindPosing Author:Nick Morgan
“Every human emits unconscious vocal undertones that determine who the leader is in the room.” HumansRoomsLeaderDetermineUnconsciousVocal Author:Nick Morgan
“You can strengthen your leadership voice by finding what I call its Maximum Resonance Point and learning to pitch your voice there. That gives you the strongest voice and thus the one that people are most likely to want to follow.” PeopleWantGivingVoiceFindingsStrongestMaximumResonance Author:Nick Morgan
“Sometimes, with leaders, the stakes are very high indeed. Churchill, in WWII, for example, could not afford to utter publicly his concerns about England's ability to survive Hitler's onslaught. He thought about them, but the leadership conversation sometimes needs to inspire, not voice doubt.” NeedsSometimesVoiceAbilityLeaderDoubtExampleInspireConversationConcernEnglandStakesWwii Author:Nick Morgan
“A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.” Has BeensFactsTodayPastLife IsNationsLeadershipQualityLeaderCourageRegardForgottenChosenPatrioticPublic LifeNigeria Independence Author:John F. Kennedy
“There are four different kinds of power in a communication: position power (the CEO talking to her direct reports), emotion power (passion sometimes rules the day), expertise (people often listen to the most knowledgeable person in the room), and conversational power (the subtlest, this is the ability to direct the conversation through body language).” PeopleKindPersonsDifferentSometimesBodyPassionLanguageAbilityRoomsEmotionTalkingFourPositionCommunicationConversationDirectReportsDifferent KindsCeoExpertiseKnowledgeableBody LanguageKnowledgeable Person Author:Nick Morgan