Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out: How to Make Your Voice Heard, Your Point Known, and Your Presence Felt by Lois P. Frankel

Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out: How to Make Your Voice Heard, Your Point Known, and Your Presence Felt by Lois P. Frankel

Author:Lois P. Frankel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2020-06-15T23:00:00+00:00


Now, in the best of all worlds, you would have answered each question True. If you scored an 8, 9, or 10, I bet you’re already pretty good at making your voice heard, your point known, and your presence felt. In this case, my suggestion is that you go back and read the questions to which you answered False and focus on improving in those areas.

If you answered True to between five and seven questions, you possess moderately high executive presence. You’ll find many of the tips in this chapter helpful to you as you develop an even stronger voice and presence. And if you answered True to less than five questions, well, I’d say you better memorize this entire book. And it might not hurt to get a business coach while you’re at it.

Sylvia Ann Hewlett, a recognized expert in the area of executive presence, says that there are three pillars that contribute to it. Those being gravitas, appearance, and communication. She’s written a great book about it entitled, oddly enough, Executive Presence, and it’s included in the resources section at the end of this book. What she suggests is that gravitas is the core characteristic of executive presence.

Six behaviors define gravitas. First, exuding confidence and grace under fire. Second, acting decisively and showing teeth. Third, showing integrity and speaking truth to power. Fourth, demonstrating emotional intelligence. Fifth, burnishing your reputation. And sixth, projecting vision.

Many of the tips already covered will help you with these. In fact, if you follow these tips as well as the ones I’m going to be providing you with shortly, you can check off the emotional intelligence box. And burnishing reputation is something that you do over time by acting consistently and with integrity. So the next three tips in this section focus on just the first three: exuding confidence and grace under fire, acting decisively and showing teeth, and showing integrity and speaking truth to power. Keep in mind that women don’t emerge from the womb with gravitas. It’s something that they have learned, and you can, too.



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