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What is Executive Presence?

Executive presence is the ability to win the confidence of those around you. You possess a professional magnetism that influences others; you’re admired for exemplary leadership and respected as an authority. When you have executive presence your colleagues, subordinates and superiors rely on your strength and wisdom.

With executive presence, you transform self-doubt and uncertainty into self-assurance, energy and the conviction to successfully navigate the corporate landscape and advance up the corporate ladder.

Having executive presence infuses you with confidence about yourself and your abilities. You’re able to evaluate and ultimately eliminate the roadblocks that have kept you from rising to the top of an organization and contributing to its success.

Executive presence is about creating a consistent view of yourself as a compelling force inside an organization. You are known as someone who doesn’t just rely on your authority or title, but your influence to shape and positively affect the outcome of situations.

Executive presence is imperative for professional success. The higher you are in an organization, the higher your executive presence must be. Without executive presence, you’ll find yourself hitting an impenetrable ceiling. You’ll become frustrated and fail to achieve your full potential.