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Executive Presence
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Executive Presence

The Missing Link Between Merit and Success

HarperBusiness, 2014 Mehr


Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Well Structured
  • For Beginners

Recommendation

In the words of one Wall Street CEO, “I can’t describe it, but I sure know it when I see it.” Most people intuitively recognize “executive presence” (EP). It’s a rare combination of vision, charisma, drive and intelligence that marks great leaders. Workplace expert Sylvia Ann Hewlett breaks EP into its three parts – “gravitas, communication and appearance” – and reveals the secrets to attaining all three. Hewlett’s guide is chock-full of examples set by impressive leaders, and she outlines blunders to avoid and strategies to get ahead. getAbstract recommends her insights and tactics to anyone aspiring to or currently holding a leadership position.

Take-Aways

  • “Executive presence” (EP) is a combination of three elements: “gravitas, communication and appearance.”
  • The characteristics of gravitas, as it relates to EP, are self-assurance, “decisiveness” and “emotional intelligence.”
  • Leaders exhibit gravitas when they “speak truth to power,” and when they communicate their vision.

About the Author

Sylvia Ann Hewlett, an expert in gender and workplace issues, founded the Center for Talent Innovation think tank and wrote Off Ramps and On Ramps and Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets.


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