The Power of Presence: Unlock Your Potential to Influence and Engage Others

Your silence is itself a form of intervention. It creates a vacuum for others to fill. The key is to stay present and keep listening. But the silence of holding steady is different from the silence of holding back. Your silent presence communicates and helps to hold the attention of people to the perspective you have offered.

One must actively lead those in all the relevant relationships, up, down, and laterally. One must be willing to deal with all the challenges these relationships present.

Now it’s your turn. Meetings are often the most powerful business activity for brand building—but not always. Identify the business action that sits at the center of these three elements:

What makes Sylvia credible and what diminishes her credibility? Is she persuasive and if so, why? What do I see and sense in her presence that makes me want to follow her, or not? Is there integrity between her physical comportment and what she’s saying? Do I want to build a future with her? If so, why; if not, why not? These are all questions that