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LEADERSHIP
Five Ways to Build Your Executive Presence
Who doesn’t want to feel more confident?
Who hasn’t wanted to walk into a room with total confidence? Or give a presentation where everyone trusts your recommendations? Or be given more responsibility because the leadership team knows you can handle it?
In other words, who hasn’t wanted a little executive presence?
But what is executive presence?
Even experienced leaders struggle to define it. They say, “You’ll know it when you see it.” Perhaps it’s your automatic response to someone who exudes calm confidence and power and seems in control of the room.
I’ve witnessed the lack of it holding many people back in their careers. Frequently, when leaders hire me to coach high-potential employees on their teams, they tell me that someone is on their list for a potential management role. But they don’t feel the person is ready due to a few crucial reasons.
