Executive Presence: Step Into Your Power, Convey Confidence, & Lead With Conviction Paperback – September 10, 2022

This book has many practical ideas for improving executive presence!

I couldn’t wait for this book to come out because I had not found a practical executive presence tool to support my clients, and I knew that Joel was regularly working with executives and applying his learnings to help other leaders on a wider scale. After over a year of using this book with clients, I can confidently say that it is my #1 book that I recommend to executives that I coach. Executive presence can be an ambiguous concept, and Joel breaks it down in a way that is understandable and actionable. I use this book constantly as an executive coach and have seen it serve as a tool that enables leaders to make significant and sustainable changes quickly. The short exercises in the book are so thought-provoking that leaders gain insight in meaningful ways. This book serves as a great guide for leaders to make significant changes that are sustainable!

This is an exceptional guide to help leaders, emerging leaders and -- particularly -- STEM leaders and professionals to develop Executive Presence. What the author, Joel Garfinkle, does so well is that he lays the framework for what Executive Presence is and why it is essential, providing a clear road map to develop EP. There is a workbook format to reflect on one’s Executive Presence capabilities, and detailed insights, suggestions, and tips to improve and develop where needed. In the work and research that my company does, we find that many STEM and women leaders lack Executive Presence due to their personality risks under stress, so this book is ideal to help them gain the “gravitas, authority and expression” they need to rise to the top. It is also valuable to those who are over-the-top with their confidence, to reign it in effectively to succeed. I highly recommend this outstanding book!

I've been looking for ways to develop my team members so I can be more effective. I can work with them on the technical issues of our industry, but I was lacking the tools to help them be more persuasive and impactful. I appreciated the author's rigorous identification of the components of executive presence because that helps me identify the development areas in my team that were previously amorphous. It's one thing to say a team member lacks executive presence. It's another to tell them 1) the specific areas they can focus on to improve, and 2) what other leaders consider to be important areas for them to focus on. This book is as much an insightful read as it is a reference tool to incorporate into an individual's longer-term development plan.

This is a remarkable book, full of practical insights that is also an easy and engaging read.I've been following Mr. Garfinkle for years, reading his books and attending his lectures, and this book is a an excellent distillation of Mr. Garfinkle's knowledge and understanding of leadership.Although it may seem this book is geared towards Executive leadership, as a private business owner, I found it very practical for me and even gave it to my teenage kid to glean insight and understanding about how to lead and find success in sports, academics, social life and beyond.I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and am purchasing copies as holiday gifts.

Executive Presence can at times be an illusory concept - but no more! This book provides a guide to increasing one's presence using 9 key concepts, in the categories of gravitas, authority and expression. The reader can use self-assessment tools throughout and quickly capture their areas of strength of executive presence as well as ones they need to work on, through a thorough but accessible style. Packed full of illuminating examples and stories, balanced with tools and techniques, this book will be a valuable tool in every leader's toolbox - for themselves and those they mentor and develop. Thanks Joel for a thorough and necessary reference on a key "ingredient" of leadership excellence!

I was told a few years ago by my boss exactly that. You are a talented, hard worker, but to make the next jump in your career, you need to develop the intangibles. Unfortunately, he, like many leaders and resources I have encountered were unable to articulate exactly what the intangibles were in executive presence. This book outlines the intangibles and provides actionable steps with examples to focus on. It was very helpful and I have a solid list of things to focus on to continue to develop my executive presence.

In his book - Executive Presence: Step into your power, convey confidence and lead with conviction - Joel Garfinkle has once again provided practical tools to improve the effectiveness of every leader. This excellent resource is the definitive resource (bible) of building and leveraging Executive Presence and demands to be the go to reference guide for every executive, future executive and executive coach. The 3x3 executive presentence model is grounded in research and illustrates what differentiates the best from the rest. The writing style and the content makes this work both approachable and practical. Highly recommended.