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The Introvert's Guide to Leadership Presence - Quiet Revolution
Introverts and authenticity
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Introverts and authenticity
Balance
Quieter people tend to make themselves small, tight. You don't have to make yourself large, just centered.
- If you’re standing, get in a strong stance: put one foot slightly in front of the other to avoid swaying.
- If you’re sitting, sit so that you are able to move forward, backward, and side to side without shifting your weight, leaning on your arm, or twisting your body.
Eye contact
You may struggle with eye contact and need to learn how to focus your gaze to build leadership presence.
But controlling your gaze is not about going eyeball to eyeball. You have to try and make eye contact with each person, for at least five second.
Vocal resonance
You need to resonate your voice in your mouth, not your nasal passages or your throat.
To see what it feels like to have your voice resonate in your mouth, make an “mm” sound so that your lips begin to tingle. Then, say “me” and note what it sounds like. By moving your sound forward in your mouth, you will naturally develop more resonance.
You develop resonance through relaxation, not by force.
Smooth gestures
Keep your gestures fluid if you want to highlight your message and build your leadership presence.
If you are continuously moving your hands in the same way, you are connecting your behaviors to your feelings, consciously or not. You want your gestures to be connected to your message, not your mood.
Strategic movement
Don’t just pace around the room—move with purpose.
- You can move between points like through the white space between paragraphs.
- You can also use movement to create highlights and emphases.
- If you stop suddenly, your audience will wonder why. Now you have their attention, and you can add power to your next statement.
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Thinking before speaking and acting
- Make sure that you speak up when you have something important to say.
- Take advantage of your ability to observe other people, the environment you’re in and the energy flow in the room.
- People will pay more attention to what you say when you do speak up.
- You probably have the ability to study things better and faster, so when you do say something make sure that it’s an eye-opener.
- People will trust you more and thus you’ll have access to more privileged information.
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Disinterested interlocutors
Signs of a disengaged, disinterested or unhappy audience:
- Arms folded in front of the body.
- Minimal or tense facial expression.
- Body turned away from you.
- Eyes downcast, maintaining little contact.
Being aware of these signs can help you to adjust what you say and how you say it, so you can make him feel more at ease and receptive to your viewpoint
Unengaged Audiences
Some signs that people may be bored or disinterested in what you're saying:
- Sitting slumped, with heads downcast.
- Gazing at something else, or into space.
- Fidgeting, picking at clothes, or fiddling with pens and phones.
- Writing or doodling.
When you notice that, you can re-engage people by asking a direct question, or by inviting people to contribute an idea.
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