“Executive Presence is the practice of making a good impression all the time.”

– Beth Noymer Levine, Forbes

“Executive presence is the ability of the leader to engage, align, inspire, and move people to act.”

– Suzanne Bates, Fortune Magazine

“Executive presence is very much how you control a room, the impressions you make and how you affect the people around you. It’s how you communicate verbally and through your appearance.

If you have great presence, people will feel the remnants and echo of what you left behind when you leave the room.”

– Allison Kluger, Stanford

Potential leaders develop the ability to manage and lead themselves before they’re able to manage and lead others. If executives are unable to lead and manage themselves, they’ll never be able to lead and manage others.

Can executive presence can be developed? Yes — if you have a baseline of self-confidence and a willingness to deal with the unpredictable situations that go with the territory at the executive level.

Men are often expected to command a room, while women are expected to read a room.