You’re making a presentation to twenty important people in your organization. Just before stepping into the meeting venue, you receive a phone call from home which leaves your obviously infuriated. How do you handle this when you are expected to present immediately? What would you likely do? Do you…

You are abroad, conducting a workshop in your area of expertise. Most of the participants are engaging and interactive as they have moderate to advanced experience in the area. This adds to the productivity of the workshop. However, there are one to two participants with little or no knowledge of the topic and who are not quite grasping some of the concepts you are introducing. As a result, they interrupt you often by asking questions and/or requesting that you repeat yourself. What would you likely do? Will you…

Your company is having a “Strategies Meeting” with management to address the direction the organization is going, as business has been slow, and clients and customers have left. You know (as do others) that one of the main reasons this is happening is that the CEO is known to be curt, with old-fashioned ideas and/or concepts, and does not want to move in the direction of the present/future. He chooses you out of the group and asks your thoughts. Which exhibits gravitas?

You are a supervisor in a team of twelve—both male and female. Your team has had the highest numbers in business development mainly due to two team members. The team member with the highest numbers is a woman, with a slight speech impairment and the second leader is a man. Your manager wants to promote someone by giving them a smaller team to lead and suggest that you choose wisely, indicating that the man would be a better choice as his communication skills must be better. Which of the below would be the decision that you would take?

You are attending an all-day business convention with several speakers presenting throughout the day. You are asked (unexpectedly) to speak. After sitting and listening to what you considered boring speakers, you are tired and would rather leave than speak. What would you likely do?

As a team leader, you must meet with your team and let them know that despite their strong performance in the second half of the quarter, Executive Management has decided to restructure to align to customers better, knowing well the disturbance this would cause the team. You make your opinion known to the Executive Management that this could slow down performance, but they continue with their decision. During the team meeting, you communicate the news and state, “The reason we are restructuring is we need to align to customers better”. In your opinion, which of the below is correct?

You are at a dinner reception honoring the leader of your organization. You are seated at a table with executives whom you do not know from other companies who are having various conversations amongst themselves. Which of the below would you do?

Janice has always held an excellent productivity record that has been recognized by her superiors as she is in the running for a promotion to Vice-President. Janice must speak to the panel of superiors on her performance and vision if awarded the promotion. However, she is a bit concerned about the offer because the role requires her to do public and group speaking events. Janice is shy and not confident: her voice is low and quivers from nervousness when she speaks. Which of the below would Janice need to do to grasp the attention of her superiors and overcome her insecurity.

You are quite excited because you have finally been invited to the Management Offsite this year. You are so excited about it that you decide to go shopping for a new outfit for the evening event. Once in the store, you find so many different types of outfits that you buy and pack three. Upon arrival, you realize that all the heavy hitters are there. Which outfit do you wear?

Which of the below statements do you believe are true of Leadership Presence?