Building Charismatic Confidence

What separates leaders who genuinely inspire trust from those who just have good data or natural charm? In this episode of Decoding Confidence, Advita digs into one of the most powerful concepts in her upcoming book: charismatic confidence. On this sweet spot, warmth and competence work together to create leaders people actually want to follow.

Drawing on research from Harvard Business School, Amy Cuddy's social psychology work, and Vanessa Van Edwards' book Cues, Advita unpacks why trust is built through warmth first and reinforced through competence, not the other way around. She shares real stories, practical strategies, and honest self-reflection from her own journey to help you identify where you sit on the warmth-competence scale and what to do about it.