Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Exhibiting Executive Presence!

 "An executive is a person who always decides sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides."

~ John Henry Patterson

Because leading and leadership is both an art and a science, many people ask how to access and demonstrate it, so here is an EXECUTIVE PRESENCE PROWESS TOP 10 to allow you to embrace your own strengths, foster growth, and be your best in you presence, and how you handle yourself as the executive in charge of your brand and your being and doing your best:

10 - Think "III’LL Show Executive Presence" with:

 I - Impression

 I - Impact

 I - Influence

 L - Loyalty

 L- Leverage

 9 - Demonstrate compassion, grace, and empathy through Emotional Intelligence by working on:

Self-perception

Self-expression

Interpersonal

Decision-making

Stress Management

 8 - Build and foster TRUST when you:

 Trust your knowledge

 Trust your intentions

 Trust yourself to win & learn from losses

Trust that VULNERABILITY is an asset, not a weakness

 Trust other’s knowledge

 Trust other’s intentions

 Trust others to win & learn from losses

 7 - Cultivate Self-Confidence through:

 Belief in self

 Know that no one is perfect

 Mistakes are manageable

 Positive, realistic self-talk

 The ability to know you have done the work

 The desire to share correct information

 The ability to say “I don’t know AND…”

 6 - Show Outward Confidence when you are:

 Seeing, hearing, and respecting others

 Not being short with others or aloof (cockiness)

 Removing like/dislike and focus on effort

 Owning mistakes without repeated apology

 Accepting credit

 Sharing the spotlight

 Creating opportunities

 5 - Be an advocate when you:

 Know the person in the role

 Notice interest

 Encourage growth

 Challenge with positivity

 Sponsor others’ opportunities

 Mentor AND Coach

 4 - Delegate for Effectiveness when you

 Consider people's reasons for wanting to advance/grow

 Think about how the person is motivated

 Delegate to empower/encourage

 About team member, not just you

 Embrace coaching style

 Share outcome over process

 Set a plan for success (CARE)

  3 - Know that how you present is how you are remembered in these three aspects:

A) Memorability in your:

 Time pri-organization

 Body language

 Appearance

 Attitude

 What you say and don’t say

 Emails

 Presentations

B) Presentation readiness for meetings, engagements, talks or presentations with these four keys:

 Be an expert

 Put the audience first

 Get out of your own way

 Come from a place of gratitude

C) 6 Presentation Parts (that become 4)

 Open (1a)

 Preview (2a)

 Interaction (3)

 Body (4)

 Summary (1b)

 Close (2b)

 2 - Be a Feedback Fanatic when you:

 Give

 Name

 You / You may want to consider

 Something… / An idea is…

 Thank you / That’ll make a difference

 Ask (well/improve, not “what did you think”)

 Receive (no defense)

 1 - Maximize your Moxumility by having the moxie to know you are good and the humility to know there is more to learn!

So, be present, engaged, authentic, and embrace those top ten approaches to Executive Presence in order to advance yourself and your results!

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