Many managers lack executive presence, the trait that signals they are ready for promotion. Definitions vary, and some focus only on communication or tactical skills. This 60-minute executive presence training gives an updated definition centered on leadership skills, including projecting confidence.
You'll learn the key skills that make up executive presence: self-confidence, an influential and emotionally and socially intelligent communication style balanced with a drive for results, strategic understanding of the business, and leading a team toward goals.
The session also covers managing perceptions, staying dependable when times are tough, managing up and managing your team.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
If everyone around you is getting promoted and your feedback praises your results but says your communication lacks emotional and social intelligence, executive presence may be the missing piece. This session shows what to work on next.
It suits leaders, managers, supervisors, senior project managers, individual contributors, high potentials and HR managers developing future leaders.
AREA COVERED
- An updated definition of executive presence
- Projecting self-confidence
- An influential, emotionally and socially intelligent communication style balanced with a drive for results
- Understanding the business strategically
- Leading the team toward goals and results
- Managing perceptions effectively
- Being dependable when times are tough: an inner-winner mindset
- Managing up and managing the team
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Define executive presence using an updated, leadership-focused definition
- Identify the key skills that signal readiness for promotion
- Project confidence while communicating with emotional and social intelligence
- Balance relationship skills with a drive for results
- Manage perceptions and stay dependable under pressure
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
- Leaders
- Managers
- Supervisors
- Senior Project Managers
- Individual Contributors
- High Potentials
- HR Managers
If everyone around you is getting promoted and your feedback praises your results but says your communication lacks emotional and social intelligence, executive presence may be the missing piece. This session shows what to work on next.
It suits leaders, managers, supervisors, senior project managers, individual contributors, high potentials and HR managers developing future leaders.
- An updated definition of executive presence
- Projecting self-confidence
- An influential, emotionally and socially intelligent communication style balanced with a drive for results
- Understanding the business strategically
- Leading the team toward goals and results
- Managing perceptions effectively
- Being dependable when times are tough: an inner-winner mindset
- Managing up and managing the team
- Define executive presence using an updated, leadership-focused definition
- Identify the key skills that signal readiness for promotion
- Project confidence while communicating with emotional and social intelligence
- Balance relationship skills with a drive for results
- Manage perceptions and stay dependable under pressure
- Leaders
- Managers
- Supervisors
- Senior Project Managers
- Individual Contributors
- High Potentials
- HR Managers
Speaker Profile
Valerie Pelan
Valerie successfully coaches leaders in corporations and business owners in mid to small-sized companies. Her coaching focus is on key skills that improve leadership effectiveness: Executive Presence, Leading Change, Strategic Business Thinking, and communication skills.Valerie was featured in Dallas Business Journal: “Two Minutes with Leadership Guru”. Her clients agree that working with her they obtained their results and "more"; as one client said: she positively impacted my career and business decisions. She gained her 20+ years of expertise as a leader at Fortune 100 companies including AT&T and HP. Her depth of business acumen enriches her executive coaching approach; provides a …
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