Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success

Pragmatic advice - Addresses the tough issues I initially hesitated to purchase this book, since I have a scepticism towards most of the self-help/management genre. I am very glad I picked this book up. It brims with pragmatic advice on the essential topic of Executive Presence. This book is not just for those pursuing positions of power in corporate board rooms. . A right balance between hard facts and real life stories This is the first book of Sylvia Ann Hewlett I read. The book is extremely well written and easy to read and to understand, even for a non native English speaker like me. the three "pillars" of Executive Presence (EP) are well introduced and explained:1. Gravitas: how you act2. Communications skills: how you speak3. Ap. The subtitle of this immensely useful book, is “The Missing Link Between Merit and Is an executive position part of your career goal? Do you have the necessary skill and experience? Are you wondering why you are not there yet?The subtitle of this immensely useful book, is “The Missing Link Between Merit and Success.” Based on my 22 years of working closely with people in executive positio

Sylvia Ann Hewlett is the founding president of the Center for Talent Innovation, a Manhattan-based think tank where she chairs a task force of eighty-two multinational companies focused on fully realizing the new streams of labor in the global marketplace. Her book Forget a Mentor: Find a Sponsor
“A solid guide for those looking to take their career to the next level” (-Publishers Weekly)“Sylvia Ann Hewlett’s book is essential reading for anyone striving to minimize the gap between how others perceive you and how you want to be seen. In this book Hewlett explains what EP is, and how to get it. She demystifies the meaning of Executive Presence and provides tangible, practical advice that readers can easily use to lift their game.” (Anré Williams, President, Global Merchant Services, American Express) . Executive Presence will transforms careers and unleash a current of previously untapped potential on the world.” (Joanna Coles, Editor-in-Chief, Cosmopolitan)“This is a powerful and urgent book for young professionals climbing the ladder. Credentials alone

While these elements are not equal, to have true EP, you must know how to use all of them to your advantage.Filled with eye-opening insights, analysis, and practical advice for both men and women, mixed with illustrative examples from executives learning to use the EP, Executive Presence will help you make the leap from working like an executive to feeling like an executive.. EP is an amalgam of qualities that true leaders exude, a presence that telegraphs you're in charge or deserve to be. Articulating those qualities isn't easy, however.Based on a nationwide survey of college graduates working across a range of sectors and occupations, Sylvia Hewlett and the Center for Talent Innovation discovered that EP is a dynamic, cohesive