By David Roberts
Throughout my career, when I’m mentoring, coaching, or providing career development feedback to business leaders, the one leadership skillset that most frequently comes up as a growth opportunity is developing “executive presence.” While honing your executive presence can be a key factor in your career growth and the competency many leaders frequently need to refine, what exactly does executive presence require? How do you define it, how do you know when you have it, and what can you do to improve it?The problem with executive presence is that it’s like the old definition of art—you know it when you see it—but you can’t necessarily articulate just what “it” is. It’s difficult, if not impossible, to improve upon it if you don’t have a clear definition, so here’s how I see this.
