Blogs

In this December 2025’s Forbes Business Development Council Editor’s Choice article. We explained that emotional presence is not about removing emotion from leadership. It is about regulating your internal state so you can show up in a supportive, stabilizing way for others. Leaders who develop emotional presence create psychological safety, build trust more quickly, and communicate with clarity during moments when people are looking for direction.

We define somatic presence as one of four key building blocks of true executive influence alongside mental, emotional, and charismatic presence.

What does it really mean to have executive presence in today’s leadership landscape? In this deeply insightful piece, Sloan’s Sue Reynolds-Frost unpacks the evolving definition of executive presence and how being authentic is now more powerful than being polished.