Almost anyone can manage, but to lead takes different qualities. Can you inspire? Can you bring out the best in those around you, or do you find yourself always ruling with an iron fist, or just letting them get on with it?

What did the leaders who inspired you know that you don't know?

Our work on charisma and personal impact has given us a huge number of insights on what makes a really effective leader - the kind of person that people want to do things for.

Much of this work is found in our Charisma Key workshop. There, attendees learn to develop a high-impact, charming, powerful and charismatic version of themselves - a set of behaviours which they can learn to "turn on" whenever they need them. Many managers have attended these workshops and told us how valuable they found the work, in all areas of their life.

There is a limit to what can be acheived in a single workshop, and while we recommend that the group size is small enough to allow individual coaching for everyone, and while we give follow-up "homework", in most cases reaching your full charismatic potential means work with the same coach over a longer period of time.

Add to this the fact that senior people are often hard to get together at the same time, and a one-to-one coaching programme becomes a much more valuable and efficient way for managers to learn these essential skills.

Typically, manager and coach would meet once or twice a month for one to three hours. At the beginning of each session, progress to date would be reviewed. During the session, the coach will suggest exercises, explain concepts and work on role-plays. Sometimes these are facilitated with additional actors, or with a video camera for future reference. At the end of the session, goals are agreeed which the manager can try out before the next session.

This programme has helped numerous managers at all levels in big city financial institutions, technology companies and PR firms. Could you or the managers at your company do with a little extra charisma? Could they build better business relationships, have a more productive team, win more pitches, close more deals?

We can help.

For more information, get in touch now or sign up for our next free taster day.