Gravitas can help you make an impact throughout your HR career, but it can feel hard to define, and even harder to work out how to develop it. Antoinette Dale Henderson is on hand to help. Having made it her life’s work to decode the elements that contribute to gravitas and teach us how to improve our own personal gravitas, she shares some of her key insights and tips in this episode of HR Coffee Time, including:
- Antoinette’s definition of gravitas, “The ability to command respect, get taken seriously, and get your voice heard. All while retaining your own authentic self.”
- How gender impacts perception of gravitas.
- The six components of Antoinette’s model, The Gravitas Wheel.
- Internal components: self-awareness, expertise, authenticity
- External components: presence, connection, projection
- Sitting in the centre of the wheel: purpose
- How to plan using OPRAHS to make sure you have maximum presence in a situation:
- O: objective – what’s your objective?
- P: people – which people will be there & what’s their objective?
- R: role – what role am I playing?
- A: attitude – what attitude do I need to have?
- H: hear – what am I going to hear?
- S: say – what am I going to say?
- Increasing or decreasing your presence using body language, voice, eye contact and clothing
Useful Links
- Connect with Fay on LinkedIn
- Fay’s website: Bright Sky Career Coaching
- Connect with Antoinette on LinkedIn
- Follow Antoinette on Instagram
- Antoinette’s website
Buy the Book Recommendations
(Disclosure: the book links are affiliate links which means that Fay will receive a small commission from Amazon if you make a purchase through them)
- Leading With Gravitas: Unlock the six keys to impact and influence, by Antoinette Dale Henderson
- Power Up: The Smart Woman’s Guide to Unleashing Her Potential, by Antoinette Dale Henderson
- Look Like The Leader You Are: A 7 step strategy for ambitious women, by Lizzie Edwards
- Compelling People: The Hidden Qualities That Make Us Influential, by John Neffinger & Matthew Kohut
Other Relevant HR Coffee Time Episodes
- Episode 91: How to be more assertive at work – a fresh approach, with Trisha Lewis
- Episode 73: 5 ways to feel more confident in your next interview, meeting, or presentation
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You can find transcripts for all episodes on the HR Coffee Time section of the Bright Sky Career Coaching website.
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