Hello everyone. I just read and listened to the HBR On Leadership podcast series. Amy Bernstein hosted the Episode 98 on ‘How to Develop Your Executive Presence’, shared by Megan Bock, the COO of an insurance technology company and Laura Sicola, a cognitive linguist who coaches executives, and Mary Calmer, an insurance underwriter.
The term, ‘Executive Presence’ caught my attention and these are what I captured ka:
1. Executive presence is a contributing factor for continued promotion or opportunity
2. The ideas of Sylvia Anne Hewlett about executive presence consists of leadership traits, which are divided into three categories:
- Gravitas -- confidence, decisiveness, inclusiveness, respect for others, vision and integrity
- Communication skills -- ability to command a room, to read an audience and to be authentic
- Appearance -- polished look and a willingness to show up in person
3. Be subject matter expertise and always prepare for a meeting e.g. understand what’s going on, where we want the meeting to go, what our perspective is, and how to communicate, etc.
4. Being willing and comfortable to engage with people in the room regardless of their level in the hierarchy.
For me, this is crucial in the Thai context ka! More often than not, we tend to listen more to those with authorities and titles, agreed?
5. Represent beyond our own specific perspective to that of our team and the organization. Personally, I think it’ll show clearly about the leadership to go for the big picture ka.
6. Women in particular tend to undermine themselves with their sense of perfectionism and are much less likely to speak up in a meeting.
This is from the western culture and they still have this issue. In Thai work culture la ka? Public and private?
7. Executive presence is a journey to keep practicing and sharpening ka!
Any comments mai ka?
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