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Executive Presence: The P.O.I.S.E Formula for Leadership
Shital Kakkar Mehra, India's leading Executive Presence coach and bestselling author, has trained numerous CEOs and star performers over the last two decades. In this book, she has shared her proven POISE formula for success; tools to help you maximize your potential and fast-track your career to the coveted role of a CEO. Executive Presence is the mysterious 'it' factor in leadership. How do you present yourself? Are you assertive? Do you inspire confidence? How do you engage with stakeholders? Crack the code on Executive Presence Physical Refine body language skills.Online Build your global personal brand.Influencer Master executive maturity; learn to 'speak up'.Stage Inspire teams with effective public-speaking skills.Engagement Build strong and diverse networks
352 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 24, 2020
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December 16, 2020
All organizations follow a pyramidal hierarchical structure. Not everyone makes it to the top. I am sure you would have seen people who are technically competent not always making the cut. It is very clear and documented by now that technical competence may not be a big differentiator amongst the candidates for senior positions. Richard Lobo, Group Head, Human Resources, Infosys Ltd is quoted in the book,’…when evaluating candidates for senior-level positions, we often find them equally competent in terms of profile and career accomplishment…while I am not discounting the importance of subject knowledge or professional expertise, executive presence does offer a competitive edge.’
Through the book ‘Executive Presence’, Shital introduces and details P.O.I.S.E – a formula for assessing and developing executive presence. Executive Presence is Shital Kakkar Mehra’s third book. She is India’s leading executive presence coach and has personally trained more than 45000 professionals including CEOs across Asia.
Executive presence is the mysterious ‘it’ factor of leadership. Having this trait makes the leader present himself in the powerful and influential way with her employees as well with clients and external stakeholders. She inspires confidence, influence and engage effectively with internal and external confidence. The stakeholders feel her ‘presence.’
Who is this book for? This is equally valid for people who are executives and who want to be executives. That should include most people who are reading this blog. I recall one of my ex-boss’s words, ‘To be an executive you should start looking like one.’
Now, let’s get into POISE formula and its relevance.
P – POISE . It is interesting that Shital starts with poise. Poise is about refining your body language. Unfortunately, people give least priority this this element. I have been also guilty of getting this wrong.
O – ONLINE PRESENCE – As you can imagine, this factor has gained more importance especially in the last several months. The author talks about importance of building your personal brand even on the Social Media platforms
I – INFLUENCER PRESENCE – Influencer presence needs high level of self-awareness. Good leaders gain the trust of the stakeholders – internal and external; motivate and inspire the employees to be part of something bigger.
S – STAGE PRESENCE - We have seen many leaders who have a great stage presence. Their enthusiasm is usually contagious. Public speaking skills play a big part in this. Stage presence do not just end at public speaking skills though.
E – ENGAGEMENT PRESENCE – this section is about building relationships. Leaders’ conversational skills go a long way in engaging effectively with team members, peers, networking events etc.
But, the best part of this book is the practicality of the suggestions. The author has not just given a formula POISE to structure your path towards executive life and beyond . Shital does not keep the book at a theoretical level. She goes into each part of the formula, explains the parameters/components that make that part up and details specific actions you can take to get there. This means, you can refer the book at various situations e.g., you are going to a networking event, you want to say NO to someone
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Through the book ‘Executive Presence’, Shital introduces and details P.O.I.S.E – a formula for assessing and developing executive presence. Executive Presence is Shital Kakkar Mehra’s third book. She is India’s leading executive presence coach and has personally trained more than 45000 professionals including CEOs across Asia.
Executive presence is the mysterious ‘it’ factor of leadership. Having this trait makes the leader present himself in the powerful and influential way with her employees as well with clients and external stakeholders. She inspires confidence, influence and engage effectively with internal and external confidence. The stakeholders feel her ‘presence.’
Who is this book for? This is equally valid for people who are executives and who want to be executives. That should include most people who are reading this blog. I recall one of my ex-boss’s words, ‘To be an executive you should start looking like one.’
Now, let’s get into POISE formula and its relevance.
P – POISE . It is interesting that Shital starts with poise. Poise is about refining your body language. Unfortunately, people give least priority this this element. I have been also guilty of getting this wrong.
O – ONLINE PRESENCE – As you can imagine, this factor has gained more importance especially in the last several months. The author talks about importance of building your personal brand even on the Social Media platforms
I – INFLUENCER PRESENCE – Influencer presence needs high level of self-awareness. Good leaders gain the trust of the stakeholders – internal and external; motivate and inspire the employees to be part of something bigger.
S – STAGE PRESENCE - We have seen many leaders who have a great stage presence. Their enthusiasm is usually contagious. Public speaking skills play a big part in this. Stage presence do not just end at public speaking skills though.
E – ENGAGEMENT PRESENCE – this section is about building relationships. Leaders’ conversational skills go a long way in engaging effectively with team members, peers, networking events etc.
But, the best part of this book is the practicality of the suggestions. The author has not just given a formula POISE to structure your path towards executive life and beyond . Shital does not keep the book at a theoretical level. She goes into each part of the formula, explains the parameters/components that make that part up and details specific actions you can take to get there. This means, you can refer the book at various situations e.g., you are going to a networking event, you want to say NO to someone
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October 6, 2020
A must-read for every professional. Executive presence is key to success and this book and POISE formula is a way to develop it... Thanks Shital for such an amazing book...
February 19, 2021
This book reminded me of communication skills classes I used to have as a part of my curriculum in graduation as well as post-graduation. The author has covered almost every aspect of enhancing Executive Presence. She recommends P.O.I.S.E. formula to ensure a 360° growth of an executive.
🎯Physical Presence: Refine body language skills
🎯Online Presence: Build your global personal brand
🎯Influencer Presence: Master executive maturity; learn to ‘speak up’
🎯Stage Presence: Inspire teams with effective public-speaking skills
🎯Engagement Presence: Build strong and diverse networks
When we climb up the ladder, we sometimes forget the basics and need to brush up. This book will solve that purpose for you as it has done for me. While coaching various CEOs and through her research over the years, the author presents a crisp guide that can help an individual to become a better professional. As working professionals, it is our responsibility to ensure the enhancement of our personality, otherwise, it will freeze the growth and you will start feeling saturated.
In the fast pace era, we generally give less emphasis on personality development. While it is true that one should focus on talent but working on self development & relationship building can lead you to a better place.
🎯Physical Presence: Refine body language skills
🎯Online Presence: Build your global personal brand
🎯Influencer Presence: Master executive maturity; learn to ‘speak up’
🎯Stage Presence: Inspire teams with effective public-speaking skills
🎯Engagement Presence: Build strong and diverse networks
When we climb up the ladder, we sometimes forget the basics and need to brush up. This book will solve that purpose for you as it has done for me. While coaching various CEOs and through her research over the years, the author presents a crisp guide that can help an individual to become a better professional. As working professionals, it is our responsibility to ensure the enhancement of our personality, otherwise, it will freeze the growth and you will start feeling saturated.
In the fast pace era, we generally give less emphasis on personality development. While it is true that one should focus on talent but working on self development & relationship building can lead you to a better place.
August 15, 2023
It takes very long for upcoming leaders to understand the things which are guided in the book. Not only that, many of the information can still not be gathered so easily. The author has done a phenomenal work by putting all these guidelines and serving them together.
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