The Bates ExPI™ Model of Executive Presence

Character	Substance	Style
Authenticity Real, transparent	Practical Wisdom Insightful, relevant	Demeanor Engaging, tactful
Integrity Ethical, reliable	Confidence Decisive, open to dissent	Intentionality Tactical, focused
Concern Caring, development	Composure Steady in a crisis	Inclusiveness Involving, empowering
Restraint Deliberate, calm	Resonance Attuned to others	Interactivity Accessible, attentive
Humility Open, self-aware	Vision Strategic, inspiring	Assertiveness Vocal, constructive

Presence That Drives Impact

Make Executive Presence a Measurable Leadership Asset

People know when a leader shows “Executive Presence.” However, measuring and defining it to support its development in individuals can be difficult. The Bates ExPI™ helps with that. It is a 360 tool that gathers feedback on a leader’s executive presence from a variety of stakeholders, using three key dimensions: Character, Substance, and Style.

TOOL INTEGRATION

How we use the Bates Model as part of your team’s roadmap:

While this is more of an individual-focused assessment, the sharing of its results can facilitate the building of cohesion within your leadership team.

The Bates Model doesn’t just evaluate presence — it gives your leaders a shared language and actionable feedback that can transform how they show up for the team.

Foster Openness and Trust
Having the leaders talk about their own development needs and challenges during team sessions allows for vulnerability and openness. This creates trust and connection, which are essential to becoming a unified team. The individual coaching sessions with us help the leaders prepare for these kinds of conversations.

Spot Collective Patterns
When all the leaders take the Bates ExPI™ assessments, we can spot patterns playing out across the team that we might need to explore and address at the collective level.

Our Use of the Assessments is:

Empowering

Sharing individual results and their impact on the team’s patterns creates openness, greater trust and empathy among members.

Pragmatic

We take the data from the assessments and ground it in the team’s reality. This creates powerful realizations and breakthroughs.

Effective

The feedback tools are objective, easily actionable, and will support individual and team performance for years to come.

Explore the Tools We Use

Leadership Circle Profile™

Maps leadership effectiveness across key dimensions like Creative vs. Reactive behaviors, and Task vs. Relationship focus—revealing patterns that drive team performance.

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Kolbe System™

Reveals how each team member instinctively takes action and solves problems — insights that transform collaboration and productivity.

The assessment quantifies the distribution of natural strengths across four key Action Modes®: Fact Finder, Follow Thru, Quick Start, and Implementor.

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Fact Finder

Follow Thru

Quick Start

Implementor

Strengths Profile

Highlights what energizes and drains each team member, identifying unrealized strengths and patterns that fuel (or hinder) success. process and what is expected of them.

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Want to see how these tools could help your team?

Let’s explore together what’s holding your leadership team back — and what’s possible when they’re aligned.

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