The Power of Presence: Unlock Your Potential to Influence and Engage Others

As you develop your mental aim, you also need to determine what conversation is currently in your head and how it may need to change. Even when you aren’t paying attention, your internal conversation is always happening.

For most people, it means you have to make choices about the actions you want to emphasize. The best place to start is by choosing the actions that make up your core values or, in other words, your personal presence brand.

“The face isn’t a secondary billboard for internal feelings but an equal partner in the emotional process.”4

When I address these top executives, I introduce the concept of the red blinking light. When a leader walks into a room, it’s as though a red blinking light is flashing a message: “This is important!” When the CEO goes into a meeting, the importance of that meeting rises. If he decides to skip a meeting, its importance is reduced. Leaders have to b

One of the overarching messages of this research is that by focusing attention on what’s right rather than what’s wrong, and learning how to be resilient against negativity, we can guard ourselves against protracted setbacks and live a happier, more fulfilling life.

If you want to be seen as trusted and credible, then your actions must be in alignment with your intentions, both stated and unstated. It’s the only way to be received with clarity.

People are being asked to strengthen the way they communicate and connect with others to increase their influence in looser and more disparate corporate structures.

Executive presence begins in your head. It resides in how you think about yourself, your abilities, your environment,

“Let thoughts go, let feelings be.” The idea is that even performers at the top of their craft get nervous. It’s a physical reaction. Instead of fighting it and resisting, learn to observe it and acknowledge it