Executive presence matters. When 400 CEOs were asked how they choose next-level leaders, 89% of them said they looked for one critical trait-executive presence. This quality is crucial for professional success.
In Executive Presence, Joel Garfinkle shows you how to step into your power, convey confidence, and lead with conviction. As you rise in your organization, your executive presence must keep pace with your growth. The higher the stakes, the more you need that power and presence.
Using extensive original research gleaned from studying executive presence for more than 15 years, Joel has uncovered the 9 essential qualities of executive presence. His 3x3 Executive Presence Model doesn't just explain executive presence for the modern leader-it walks you step by step through exercises and strategies for cultivating each essential element. Methodically explaining how to master each one, he equips you with a personalized plan for growth, demystifies what executive presence is, and debunks misconceptions that hold you back.
This book provides the blueprint for how to master 3 key executive presence domains.
1. Radiate gravitas.
2. Act with authority.
3. Express yourself fully.
In Executive Presence, you'll learn how to:
- Radiate the commanding, self-assured presence of a high-level leader.
- Bring power, conviction, and a strong point of view to your presentations.
- Move from passivity and self-doubt to self-assurance and bold decision-making.
- Exude a professional magnetism that influences others at every level.
- Cultivate and leverage charisma in all your interactions.
- Communicate in a clear, crisp, and concise way.
Maybe you've come across the term "executive presence" in HBR, but you couldn't adequately define it-let alone begin to grow it. This book will change that. As you delve into the lessons from Executive Presence, you'll join top-ranking organizational leaders who know how to influence others and drive extraordinary results. Whether you're a rising star or CEO, Executive Presence will guide you in leading a high-performing team. Moving from passivity and self-doubt to self-assurance and bold decision-making, you'll become the high-impact leader who propels your organization forward.
Executive Presence is for women, people of color, and other employees from marginalized groups who are too often underappreciated, which causes companies to miss out on their full range of talent. By cultivating executive presence, women and any overlooked employees can smash through the glass ceiling and gain the recognition they deserve. If you're in one of these demographics, growing your executive presence will allow you to leap over the barriers you may encounter in your career.
What's the key differentiator between this Executive Presence book and its competitors (Sylvia Ann Hewlett's Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success, Paul Aldo's Understanding Executive Presence, Debra A. Benton's Executive Presence for the Modern Leader, and Harrison Monarth's Executive Presence, Second Edition)? The 3x3 Executive Presence Model provides a clear, structured blueprint for developing the most important facets of executive presence. Learn about the 3 domains - gravitas, authority, and expression - that act as the foundational pillars holding up the 9 executive presence competencies.
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" The 9 components of executive presence will give leaders at every level the guidance and confidence to up their game."
-- Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Regret, To Sell Is Human, and Drive.
"If you've ever wanted to have a more powerful presence in all interactions, Executive Presence is the book for you."
- Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is the New York Times bestselling author of Triggers, Mojo, and What Got You Here Won't Get You There.
"In Executive Presence, Joel draws on his deep executive coaching experience to provide self-assessments, case studies and specific action steps for any leader who wants to show up with more gravitas, authority and full expression."
- Scott Eblin, bestselling author of The Next Level: What Insiders Know about Executive Success.
"This book takes the mystery out of executive presence and offers a practical path to learning to enhance your influence."
- David Burkus, author of Leading from Anywhere.
"Joel's book Executive Presence clearly explains how to radiate power and charisma, even if you weren't born with these qualities. This book is an indispensable guide for up-and-coming leaders, providing the tools to emanate an executive presence in every interaction. I highly recommend it!"
- Maya Hu-Chan, author of Saving Face: How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust.
"Executive Presence is a book that will open the eyes of those looking to advance their careers the right way with dignity, respect, and confidence."
- John Baldoni, author of Grace Notes: Leading in an Upside-Down World
"Executive Presence is the go-to playbook for developing or enhancing your executive presence to maximize your leadership success. Joel provides a road map, step by step, on what you need to do to improve your executive presence."
- Nancy Parsons, CEO of CDR Companies, LLC
"Executive Presence offers the roadmap for upping your confidence, decisiveness, and forcefulness."
- Michael Useem, Author of The Edge: How 10 CEOs Learned to Lead