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

Our minds and bodies are coordinated by what we attend to and what we intend to do. By learning to consciously control these aspects of your internal experience—in conversation with others, on stage, and even on camera—you can indirectly change a lot about how you are perceived and the level of connection you can create. Instead of trying to contro

Choose how you show up:

Spend 1 minute visualizing how you want to show up before your next meeting.

1. How does your best self begin the meeting?


2. How do you look? Think about body language and facial expression.


3. What do you do when someone tries to hijack the meeting?


4. What is your orientation toward people? Toward planning? Toward decision-making?


5. How do y

How might you sail the waters of your meeting more expertly than your first inclination suggested? I’d propose charting a course that takes into account both the next-in-line effect and the what’s-focal-is-presumed-causal effect. Take a spot at the table across from Alex where (1) he’ll be sufficiently distant from his own presentation to hear your

Ask: How do I want the audience to feel about me after the meeting?