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Charismatic presence is often misunderstood. It is not about personality or performance. It is about authenticity expressed with clarity. When leaders understand what they stand for and communicate with intention, people feel it. This creates a natural influence.

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. 

Our book LEMONADE: The Leaders Guide to Resilience at Work is launched! I’m so excited to say, it is now available on Amazon.com. I was...

Greetings readers! Choose an area that you really want to work on: Think about things that you personally want to change, enhance and...

The Resilience at Work Questionnaire looks at our unique strengths in how we adapt to and bounce back from change and challenge. We can...

Good business readers are asking for more tips and information on social media strategy, and who better to comment than our own resident...

Executive coaching is an act of inquiring, feeding back, and eliciting excellence, often with some wise counsel thrown in for good...

Donna Karlin (no relation…but people do ask!) has a new book out, and I was lucky enough to get a few insights from the author.  Donna...

Greetings dear reader! Every so often over the next few months I’ll be interviewing authors of business books I recommend, all of whom...

As leaders one of our most important assets is our reputation. So why are we seeing so many respected leaders going down in flames...

Some days you just need a little bit of inspiration. A colleague of mine sent me a poem that I thought was a beautiful reminder and...

According to the Hay Group’s latest research study, two out of the top three companies for leadership are on the Karlin Sloan & Company...

Most of us know intuitively that trust, collaboration, and leadership make for more successful organizations. But what if we could prove...

The Reflected Best Self Exercise is a breakthrough in gathering 360 feedback. AND in it’s purest form if you’re willing to do all the...

My last post about 360 feedback resulted in quite a few emails from people wanting to hear more about making feedback work. I have seen...

Once upon a time there was a famous archer who prepared for years to show his skill at an archery competition at the royal palace. He...

Multitasking mistakes The latest research on multitasking shows that it reduces productivity, rather than increases it. David Meyer,...

Turning Off The Productivity Switch We need more time to think. If we treat our brains like they are valuable hardware, we must take the...