Executive Presence and how HR leaders can master it
People Matters|August 2022
How can HR leaders increase their personal influence to help them get noticed and bring about positive change? One solution is to mindfully work on developing their executive presence.
Mamta Sharma
Executive Presence and how HR leaders can master it

Business stakeholders are B constantly judging and forming opinions based on HR stereotypes. In other words, they're creating your reputation!

It has become necessary for HR leaders today to rise to the challenge and further strengthen their role beyond the decision-making process to managing relationships and increasingly influencing the management. And for this to happen, HR leaders have to stand out as trailblazers, change agents, and leaders who create the future.

"This is why HR leaders need to mindfully work on developing their executive presence and increase their personal influence. It is this combination that will help them get noticed and bring about positive change.  Also, when HR leaders leverage their executive presence they are signalling their readiness for the next level," says Vikram, executive, leadership and career development coach at Coach Vikram which offers specialised coaching around CXO advisory, partner promotion, executive transition, startup founders and CEO coaching among others.

What is executive presence?

Vikram defines executive presence as the balance of the behaviours of focus, power, and warmth. These behaviours can be learned and can be switched on and off by choice to bring out your best self and influence people.

Leadership and executive presence - the crucial difference

While leadership is the ability to influence, executive presence is what helps you influence with ease.

"In fact, leaders already emanate leadership qualities. Their presence enables them to expand their spheres of influence, accelerate business results, and stand out," says Vikram, who has worked with organisations like Aditya Birla Group, Asian Paints, Avendus, Bank Of America, BCG, Capgemini, DBS, DE Shaw, Google, HDFC Life, J.P.Morgan, KPMG, McKinsey, Lightspeed India Partners, Nomura, PwC and VISA among others.

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