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How do you tend to deal with a crisis? What happens to your emotional, mental and physical state in difficult times? Most CEOs and senior leaders will face a challenge in the course of the careers, or even a single year. Here are the 4 focus points to getting over the hill.

Have you ever fallen victim to fear, doubt and worry despite having all the right skills and know-how to do the job? No matter how skilled you are trying to reach a new level of success requires building mental strength. The case of Andreescu versus Williams.

How do you respond when you lose? Does a failure have to erode your confidence? Real confidence has relatively little to do with what happens to you, and pretty much everything to do with how you think about what happens to you.

If you feel like you’re not exactly where you want to be in your career, evaluate your strengths and choose one where you can stand out; build behaviours to support that strength and three more focus points to consider.

How do you usually respond when faced with a sensitive question? Numerous interviews with highly successful people (3 in the Article) show that most professional approach is to pause and answer within the context.

AI and the complexities of the environment require a new approach to leadership. More than ever leaders need employees who can think for themselves and employees need leaders who inspire them and give them the freedom to be individuals.

What gives you confidence and how do you build it? Building confidence is an on-going process that includes a clear direction, the right skills, ambitious goals and taking the promotion you feel you’re not ready for.

What happens if you just keep focusing on your expertise? Doing more of what you already do well yields only incremental improvement. Chances are that instead of getting ahead, you’ll just get stuck. Develop your interpersonal skills instead.

Research on appearance in Executive Presence is clear. How you look – dress and take care of yourself, matters. You want to be remembered and noticed also for your style, for looking the part. The easiest way to ‘pulling’ a professional look is via tailoring.