Many people ask me how they can come close to achieving the kind of charismatic stage “presence” that the best presenters and speakers seem to have naturally.

My answer is that the best preseners are alligned and congruent i.e. how they are on the outide is a reflection of their degree of “inner alignment”     Another word for this is congruence.

One of the best exercises I know for helping develop this quality comes the world of NLP and was devleped by Robert Dilts.  It is called the logical levels model.   Dilts suggests that their is a hierarchy of qualities which, when aligned produce personal congruence.     

Level 1 is the level of environment and relates to when, where and with who do we want to have “presence”

Level 2 is the level of behaviour and relates to how others see us behave when we present.  

Level 3 is the level of capability and relates to the level of expertise with which we demonstrate those behaviours. 

Level 4 is the level of beleifsand relates to our internal thoughts and beliefs and how they drive us to use those capabilities .

Finally level 5 is the level if identity and it relates to our self image in relation to being a presenter,

In future posts I will explain how you can use this model to help create internal alignment yourself and thus increase your stage presence and congruence.