1 Embrace the power of self-confidence. All your efforts to appear more authoritative will likely fall short if you lack essential self-confidence. You have to believe you can wield [...]

2  Being confident and sounding confident are not always one and the same. Some people may be bursting with confidence in their authority, and yet the way they speak [...]

1 Face people and make eye contact. Your mother may have told you it was good manners to look other people in the eyes while speaking to them, but [...]

3 . Some people feel like silence is a sign of weakness, and want to fill any gaps by talking. Prattling on, however, is more likely to be taken [...]

5 Get on your feet. To appear authoritative, you have to be noticed, and standing almost always makes you more noticeable. Standing makes it easier for you to command [...]