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Are you ""leadership material?"" More importantly, do others perceive you to be? Sylvia Ann Hewlett, a noted expert on workplace power and influence, shows you how to identify and embody the Executive Presence (EP) that you need to succeed. You can have the experience and qualifications of a leader, but without executive presence, you won't advance. 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 mix of appearance, communication, and gravitas. 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.

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Clear and compassionate, Hewlett explains what it means to have Executive Presence and why it's essential for anyone who wishes to lead in today's uncertain and fast-paced work environment. With memorable stories and examples-including the author's own firsthand experiences of getting it wrong as a young woman just starting her career-Executive Presence is both practical and compelling. -- ""Amy C. Edmonson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School"" In this significant book, Sylvia Ann Hewlett challenges the conventional wisdom that Executive Presence is an innate quality that can barely be defined, much less developed. Anyone seeking to close the gap between their merit and their success could benefit from her practical, engaging, and humane advice. -- ""Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU School of Law"" In today's business world, authenticity is the new currency of leadership. In Sylvia Ann Hewlett's valuable book, she demonstrates how you can crack the code of Executive Presence by embracing what differentiates you from the pack. -- ""Mark T. Bertolini, chairman, CEO, and president, Aetna"" Sylvia Ann Hewlett is once again leading the way by examining a critical componentof business success, Executive Presence. She is a master at making a vague topic clear. She demystifies the meaning of Executive Presence and provides tangible, practical advice that readers can easily use to lift their game. -- ""Anre Williams, president, global merchant services, American Express"" 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. It arms you with the skills to create, curate, and manage your personal brand and convince people they are in the presence of someone going places. -- ""Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief, Cosmopolitan""

Clear and compassionate, Hewlett explains what it means to have Executive Presence and why it's essential for anyone who wishes to lead in today's uncertain and fast-paced work environment. With memorable stories and examples-including the author's own firsthand experiences of getting it wrong as a young woman just starting her career-Executive Presence is both practical and compelling. -- Amy C. Edmonson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School 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. It arms you with the skills to create, curate, and manage your personal brand and convince people they are in the presence of someone going places. -- Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief, Cosmopolitan In today's business world, authenticity is the new currency of leadership. In Sylvia Ann Hewlett's valuable book, she demonstrates how you can crack the code of Executive Presence by embracing what differentiates you from the pack. -- Mark T. Bertolini, chairman, CEO, and president, Aetna Sylvia Ann Hewlett is once again leading the way by examining a critical componentof business success, Executive Presence. She is a master at making a vague topic clear. She demystifies the meaning of Executive Presence and provides tangible, practical advice that readers can easily use to lift their game. -- Anre Williams, president, global merchant services, American Express In this significant book, Sylvia Ann Hewlett challenges the conventional wisdom that Executive Presence is an innate quality that can barely be defined, much less developed. Anyone seeking to close the gap between their merit and their success could benefit from her practical, engaging, and humane advice. -- Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU School of Law

Sylvia Ann Hewlett is once again leading the way by examining a critical componentof business success, Executive Presence. She is a master at making a vague topic clear. She demystifies the meaning of Executive Presence and provides tangible, practical advice that readers can easily use to lift their game. -- Anre Williams, president, global merchant services, American Express Clear and compassionate, Hewlett explains what it means to have Executive Presence and why it's essential for anyone who wishes to lead in today's uncertain and fast-paced work environment. With memorable stories and examples-including the author's own firsthand experiences of getting it wrong as a young woman just starting her career-Executive Presence is both practical and compelling. -- Amy C. Edmonson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School In this significant book, Sylvia Ann Hewlett challenges the conventional wisdom that Executive Presence is an innate quality that can barely be defined, much less developed. Anyone seeking to close the gap between their merit and their success could benefit from her practical, engaging, and humane advice. -- Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU School of Law 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. It arms you with the skills to create, curate, and manage your personal brand and convince people they are in the presence of someone going places. -- Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief, Cosmopolitan In today's business world, authenticity is the new currency of leadership. In Sylvia Ann Hewlett's valuable book, she demonstrates how you can crack the code of Executive Presence by embracing what differentiates you from the pack. -- Mark T. Bertolini, chairman, CEO, and president, Aetna

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. It arms you with the skills to create, curate, and manage your personal brand and convince people they are in the presence of someone going places. -- Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief, Cosmopolitan Sylvia Ann Hewlett is once again leading the way by examining a critical componentof business success, Executive Presence. She is a master at making a vague topic clear. She demystifies the meaning of Executive Presence and provides tangible, practical advice that readers can easily use to lift their game. -- Anre Williams, president, global merchant services, American Express In today's business world, authenticity is the new currency of leadership. In Sylvia Ann Hewlett's valuable book, she demonstrates how you can crack the code of Executive Presence by embracing what differentiates you from the pack. -- Mark T. Bertolini, chairman, CEO, and president, Aetna In this significant book, Sylvia Ann Hewlett challenges the conventional wisdom that Executive Presence is an innate quality that can barely be defined, much less developed. Anyone seeking to close the gap between their merit and their success could benefit from her practical, engaging, and humane advice. -- Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU School of Law Clear and compassionate, Hewlett explains what it means to have Executive Presence and why it's essential for anyone who wishes to lead in today's uncertain and fast-paced work environment. With memorable stories and examples-including the author's own firsthand experiences of getting it wrong as a young woman just starting her career-Executive Presence is both practical and compelling. -- Amy C. Edmonson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School

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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 was named one of the ten best business books of 2013 and won the Axiom Book Award. Rosalind Ashford is a New York-based, classically-trained British actress with stage, film, voice-over, and radio experience. Among her latest audiobook projects are Desecration, The Bride Wore Blue, Inside The Hotel Rwanda, Compromised, and others.

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