{
  "title": "Can charisma be trained? The Lausanne experiment",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/former-au-charisme-l-experience-menee-a-lausanne-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-05-13",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Charisma rests partly on identifiable verbal and non-verbal techniques, which can be taught.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Executive Leadership",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lausanne",
    "region": "Vaud",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "The research",
      "point": "John Antonakis, Marika Fenley and Sue Liechti (2011, Academy of Management Learning & Education) show managers trained in charismatic leadership tactics are subsequently rated more charismatic by observers.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The limit",
      "point": "Effects concern observer perceptions on modest samples; team performance is not measured directly."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Practical check in Lausanne",
      "point": "Rewrite your next strategy talk with a metaphor, a contrast and an explicit expectation; ask five listeners to summarise it in one sentence and compare convergence."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Liechti",
      "year": "2011",
      "source": "Academy of Management Learning & Education"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 107,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-05-13-en.jpg?v=4",
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  },
  "relatedPages": {
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    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/lausanne",
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  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}