Executive Presence - POISE

One of ten books in the Executive Presence series.

Poise means composure, the ability to stay calm and centered, without embarrassment. Poise means being natural, without any affectation or pretense. Poise is being confident in who you are and sharing that comfortably with others.

 Look at the front of this book. The ‘I’ represents you. You are the ‘I’. The ‘I’ has a circle in the center. The circle in the ‘I’ represents you:  centered, in control and full of poise. That is the goal: developing habits in our behavior that keep us in our center.

 Poise is inherently connected with first impressions. People see you as being poised when you walk into a room and appear confident and in control. People accept you as composed when you stand up straight and look people in the eye. People recognize your dignity when you are happy to be with them and they know it.