not personable vs. good and frequent communication

English translation: personable means approachable and happy to engage with others

10:49 Jul 11, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Management
English term or phrase: not personable vs. good and frequent communication
Hello everyone,

Years ago, management professor Jay Conger set out to unveil the mysteries of charisma by getting people to name leaders they found charismatic and then observing what these charismatic leaders did.16 The leaders were a highly diverse lot in appearance, personality, and leadership style. Some of the charismatic leaders were authoritarian­ types; others much more collaborative. ***Some were personable; others, ***like Steve Jobs, were not***. As it turns out, Conger and other researchers who have built on his work found that charisma is less a quality of a person than a quality of a person’s relationships with others.

.........

The other attributes of charismatic leaders, Conger and others learned, were all about the process and the leaders themselves. These attributes had to do with how and why charismatic leaders engaged followers and what the leaders found inspiring about who they were as people. Specifically, ***charismatic leaders have three other things in common***:

• Strong convictions based on their personal experience

• ***Good and frequent communication***, mostly through personal stories

• A strong coherence between what they believe, what they actually do, and who they are

If I'm not mistaken, a not personable person is a person who is not pleasant/nice to talk with.

So how such a person can have good and frequent communication? Do I misunderstand something or Steve Jobs was an exception to the rule?

Thank you.
Mikhail Korolev
Local time: 02:53
Selected answer:personable means approachable and happy to engage with others
Explanation:
"Good and frequent communication", mostly through personal stories - means that the person concerned has skills as a raconteur, and who enjoys telling stories to others;
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Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:53
Grading comment
Thank you, Oliver.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +7personable means approachable and happy to engage with others
Andrew Bramhall


  

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personable means approachable and happy to engage with others


Explanation:
"Good and frequent communication", mostly through personal stories - means that the person concerned has skills as a raconteur, and who enjoys telling stories to others;

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you, Oliver.

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agree  Sheila Wilson: Communication can be a one-way road; you don't have to be able to get on with the people you're communicating with
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agree  Tony M
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agree  acetran
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