Like A Boss: Why Executive Presence Matters and How You Can Master It
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Why Executive Presence Matters – and How You Can Master It
LIKE A BOSS:
@Jennifer McClure Jennifer McClure – President, Unbridled Talent LLC #CincyHR
EXECUTIVE PRESENCE is a dynamic mix of 3 things: GRAVITAS (how you act), COMMUNICATION (how you speak) and APPEARANCE (how you look).
SOURCE: Center for Talent Innovation, 2014
67% 28%
5%
GRAVITAS COMMUNICATION
APPEARANCE
EXECUTIVE PRESENCE
EXECUTIVE PRESENCE will not earn you a promotion, but a lack of executive presence will impede your ability to get as far as you want to go.
- Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success
EXECUTIVE PRESENCE will not earn you a promotion, but a lack of executive presence will impede your ability to get as far as you want to go.
- Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success
* Executive Presence accounts for 26% of what it takes to get promoted
of women find feedback about Executive Presence
so contradictory and confusing that they don’t
know how to act on it.
81% SOURCE: Center for Talent Innovation, 2014
No Makeup Minimal Moderate Dramatic
Challenges With Bias
700 People
250 Milliseconds
SOURCE: Center for Talent Innovation, 2014
No Makeup Minimal Moderate Dramatic
Challenges With Bias
COMPETENT
SOURCE: Center for Talent Innovation, 2014
No Makeup Minimal Moderate Dramatic
Appearance Challenges
TRUSTWORTHY
SOURCE: Center for Talent Innovation, 2014
Communication Blunders
Rambling And
Redundant
High-Pitched Or
Shrill
Constant device checking
Crying Boredom
Foot-Tapping Doodling
Failure To Establish
Eye-Contact Over Reliance On
Notes Or Props
Constant device checking
SOURCE: Center for Talent Innovation, 2014
Confidence, poise & “grace under fire”
Decisiveness & “showing teeth”
Integrity & “speaking truth to power”
Emotional Intelligence
Reputation & standing / “Pedigree”
Vision / Charisma
For Women For Men
79% 76%
70% 70%
64% 63%
61% 58%
56% 57%
50% 54%
SOURCE: Center for Talent Innovation, 2014
Top Aspects of ‘Gravitas’
78% SOURCE: Center for Talent Innovation, 2014
of professionals first search online for information on a new colleague or prospective hire
Online Image Counts
Choose Your Words Wisely • Drop “Just” • Drop “Actually” • Drop “Can I take a minute to say something?” • Don’t say “What I’m saying may be wrong…” • Don’t substitute a question for a sentence
Concise, compelling speaking style
Ability to command a room
Forcefulness & assertiveness
Ability to read a client / A Boss / A Room
Sense of humor & ability to banter
Body language / Posture
For Women For Men
60% 63%
49% 54%
48% 48%
39% 33%
33% 35%
21% 25%
SOURCE: Center for Talent Innovation, 2014
Top Communication Traits
Grooming & polish
Physically attractive / Toned / Fit
Sophisticated clothing & flair (Dressing for the next job)
Height (Being tall)
Youthful, vigorous appearance
For Women For Men
35% 38%
19% 16%
12% 13%
6% 16%
6% 4%
SOURCE: Center for Talent Innovation, 2014
Top Aspects of Appearance
Action Plan
Define the
Problem
Be Consistent & Act with Integrity
Focus on Your Communication
Pay Attention to Style & Appearance
Inspire Trust
Ask for Feedback Regularly
Be True to Who You Are
TO DO