GRAVITAS – a historical virtue with particular salience  in today’s rushed and disconnected world. 

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou

Gravitas represents a purposeful and cultivable way of being, that has particular significance for contemporary leadership development. GROWGRAVITAS is a research and training initiative by Tom Loncar Executive Coaching that examines the science of confidence, connection and prosocial impact

> An overview

The inner and outer work involved in cultivating gravitas. (Click on image below.)

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> Meditations for building psychological flexibility in leaders 

GrowGRAVITAS meditations for leaders on YouTube.

Building your noticing and perspective-taking skills (10 minute meditation).

Cultivating interpersonal connection competence (6 minute meditation)

Clarifying your values (7 minute meditation).

Embodying gravitas  (14 minute meditation).

More meditations coming soon.

> Assessments and quizzes

Can you admit… you may not know everything? Intellectual humility short assessment

A short interpersonal orientation quiz: How are you experienced by others… when it matters

Doing what matters, no matter what: How engaged are your values? short quiz

> Reading

Some food for thought:

Can ‘nice’ leaders still get things done? Yes, but watch out for the ‘doormat’ effect…

How can you build sustainable influence?

How to better focus attention … in the areas that matter?

Check in again soon – this page is regularly updated with new resources