You can increase your gravitas and still be you

Having gravitas at work means you are taken seriously, your contributions are considered important, and you are trusted and respected.

Gravitas increases your ability to persuade and influence and is likely to fuel the extent to which you rise in an organization. The orga...

Carve out small windows of time between small talk and specific agenda points to find out what’s going on with and motivating the people you’re working with.

For example "how things are going for you — any changes since we last spoke, what your priorities are right now, and what are t...

Great leaders proactively seek to discover what others’ experiences of them are, take responsibility for them, and learn from them.

For example, “What could I do differently to make my leadership and our working relationship more effective?” He asks his team and peers ...

When getting a cursory response — “No, that was great, you were excellent” — ask follow up questions. “Thank you, and what are two to three things I could do differently next time to be better?”

Integrity actually fuels courage. As we commit to integrity, we ignite our ability to speak up when it’s not comfortable and to share our views that might be different and therefore risky.

In doing so, we increase the extent to which we positively stand out at work, and we...

If you’re explicit with your values and goals, you are more likely to act in ways that support them.

Ask yourself, “If someone were to describe me to others, what would I want them to say?” Or, like Mitan, set a specific goal that relates to your work, and find your o...