Photo Credit: Jewish Press Do you ever meet somebody and think, âWow, they are going to go far!â? What is it about that person that makes you think that? Kristi Hedges, the author of The Power of Presence: Unlock Your Potential to Influence & Engage Others argues that that something is âpresence.â She writes: Weâre all experts at presence. I study it. You do too. Presence has many descriptions. We may call it confidence, or charisma, or being compelling â but we experience it the same. When we meet someone with a strong presence, we can feel it. And if the person is a leader, we are inspired by it.