The phrase "commanding personality" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to someone who has a strong, authoritative presence and is able to take control of a situation or group of people. Example: The CEO of the company had a commanding personality, which helped her to lead her team to success.
Mr. Sickinger was something of a Pied Piper, an alluring, commanding personality with an irresistible idea: that theater isn't presented to a community but arises from it.
They were never awestruck by the general's bars, commanding personality, and public popularity.
The commanding personality of the Fuehrer naturally dominated the foreign policy as well.
The situation is made more complex by a governing apparatus that revolves around the commanding personality of Mr. Chávez.
That's because Lear himself is unmatched as a portrait of a forceful, commanding personality under siege to the destructiveness of age.
He embraced the policy of obstructing English legislation to draw attention to Ireland's needs, and his handsome presence and commanding personality gave him a powerful appeal.
Commanding personalities have been replaced by apologies for having a personality and mechanical parroting of reformist ideas.
The "command and control" personality — a hallmark of American leadership — does not tend to work well cross-culturally, Ms. Berdan said.
"Miss Millie," always a champion of southern traditions, was a woman of powerful personality, commanding presence, and fearlessly outspoken opinions; she was known widely for the speeches she delivered in hoop skirts.
Fraudsters can be both persistent and overbearing, and not all the people who went into accountancy firms out of university did so because they were commanding, alpha-type personalities.
Her personality was commanding.
