5 “Executive Presence” Skills to Advance Your Career
Written by Maya Hu-Chan One of my clients (we’ll call her Nancy) missed out on an important promotion recently. She sought feedback from the interview panel and was told the same thing several times. She had, they said, a “lack of executive presence.” This is tough feedback to deal with because executive presence is such an abstract and subjective concept. However, as tricky as it is to define, let’s face it — we all know when we are in the room with someone who has executive presence…and also when we’re with someone who doesn’t. There’s a certain quality in some leaders — those who can (seemingly) effortlessly command a room — that is as magnetic as the Pied Piper. […]