You have the right skills and talent for your role but still don’t get ample recognition and visibility? There is a chance that you may be missing gravitas.

You may have a lot of strength but still don’t have an upward mobility within your job. This could be because you lack the ability to do personal branding and be visible at the right place despite working very hard.

To make yourself visible and build a brand ‘me’, it is important to have a personality that exudes a fine combination of substance and style. This is what Gravitas is all about – merging content with the form. It is an important competency and a state of being that gives confidence to people in lending their trust to you.

Gravitas is about executive presence and the energy that you exude in the boardroom.

Executive presence or Gravitas is not just built by appearance or smooth talking. A lot of effort goes into achieving the impactful presence. It is a fine combination of character, competence and communication.

To be more precise, it is a dynamic combination of five elements namely boldness/positive arrogance, ability to connect, have high impact interactions, appearance and business credibility that makes them a solid go-to person.

It is something that needs to be done with poise and dignity. Without gravitas, the executives are likely to struggle to lead in the right way. Gravitas helps in gaining trust and boost your credibility as a leader in the workplace. It helps people feel comfortable and have faith in their leader.

Gravitas is not always inherited you can develop and improve it. That’s where practical mentors, corporate trainers and coaches come to the rescue. They help in making people understand as to what is takes to build a personality and presence that others admire and respect.

And once you have achieved that gravitas, you will be capable of taking up key organisational roles and nothing can stop you from achieving the success that you have been craving for life long.