Confidence can be hard to cultivate. But it starts with understanding where skill gaps exist at your organization. Answer 9 brief questions to reveal your score and actionable next steps.
You’ve seen the signs.
The leader who shines behind a podium but falls apart at the slightest pushback.
The team member who nails the script but can’t convey conviction.
The manager who over-performs but under motivates.
You’ve clocked that something could be better in how your organization rises to meet high-stakes moments.
From the outside, and even during honest periods of self-reflection, it’s easy to misconstrue professional traits that appear downstream of personality. That maybe your teams just aren’t cut out to soar in certain situations.
This couldn’t be further from the truth.
Like any professional communication skill, executive presence can be learned and perfected with dedication and regular practice. World-class musicians and star athletes aren’t made overnight. Learning to present and project executive presence is no different than working to make a cello cry or lobbing aces over the net.
Regardless of where your organization is at in their executive presence development, knowing where skill gaps exist is essential to getting them corrected.
Here’s how Duarte’s Executive Presence Self-Assessment can help.
Fans of Buzzfeed quizzes will feel right at home.
This brief assessment describes 9 different scenarios and asks you to rate them on a 5-point scale from strongly-agree to strongly-disagree. Questions span moments you’ve experienced in your individual workday, times your team members were tasked with rising to the occasion, and how your organization responds overall to communication challenges.
Based on the weight of each response, point values are allocated and totaled to reveal your Executive Presence Gap Score.
Each results page is paired with a quick video clip where Duarte’s VP of Communication, Maegan Stephens, explains your organization’s gap score and offers next steps to start meeting moments with greater poise and polish.
High-stakes moments can arrive without warning.
Decision-making can spark tensions and raise the temperature of any room.
When teams know how to stay composed and centered in the face of interruptions, critiques, criticism, and negotiations, feedback moves the needle and conversations stay on track even when they veer off script. Executive presence ensures your organization shows up to internal and external audiences with measured professionalism under every circumstance.
When applied at scale, Executive Presence:
Start seeing improvements across your organization by understanding how teams are showing up now and where to apply additional training and investment. This quick assessment can provide helpful guidance for building executive presence at scale with a trusted partner.
Dive in at the form to the right to discover your organization’s Executive Presence Gap Score and gain expert insights on transforming your teams.
For more free tools, blogs, and videos to refine how your organization meets high-stakes moments, check out The Duarte Guide to Executive Presence.
