by Chris Savos | Nov 24, 2020 | Executive Presence, Professional Development, Uncategorized
Most literature on executive presence focuses on your need to present a strong, competent persona so your bosses will see you as a capable professional. Unfortunately, not everyone you work with seeks a persona that maximizes competence. Some want a greater sense of...
by Chris Savos | Nov 19, 2020 | Executive Presence, Professional Development
Your executive presence–how you consciously and unconsciously communicate your competence to others–is critical to your career. Unfortunately, although others’ opinions of your presence are what matter, you’ll rarely get feedback about how your bosses,...
by Chris Savos | Nov 12, 2020 | Executive Presence
Throughout my career I’ve encountered people who excelled at the technical aspects of their jobs but lacked the executive presence required to be taken seriously, to advance, or to be seen as leaders. Some of them were oblivious to how their weak presence was holding...
by Chris Savos | Oct 27, 2020 | Analysis, Professional Development
I can sum up the idea behind the creation of Proficiency1, an online training community for national intelligence and risk assessment professionals, in one vignette from my career. While interviewing candidates for analyst positions at the CIA, a grad student asked me...
by Trevor Thrall | Sep 23, 2020 | Professional Development, Two-Minute Drill, Writing
Anyone whose professional responsibilities include writing, from analytic reports to memos and even emails, could benefit by seeing what they write as reading assignments they give to their busy customers. In such cases, wordiness is a cardinal sin, as that customer’s...
by Trevor Thrall | Sep 23, 2020 | Professional Development
Most of us go to college and grad school with the general assumption that we will graduate ready to launch our careers. But what does “ready” really mean? The definition could include things necessary for a particular profession, like knowing the law or having a...
