Executive Presence is an essential aspect of being a great leader. But defining the specific skills and attributes that make up executive presence can be difficult. While experts continue to debate the exact ingredients of executive presence, they all agree that exceptional and commanding communication skills are essential.
The key communication skills necessary for C-suite level executive presence include:
Read MoreTo engage your audience, your words must help your listeners paint vivid mental images that bring your content to life. It’s why you must always follow this simple rule:
Read MoreThere are some foundational tools that help people connect to their audiences via video calls. We call them the A.B.C.’s of video calls.
Read MoreTo ensure that you authentically value your audience, try these five audience engagement strategies:
Read MoreBreaking down the preparatory process into stages is likely the simplest step you can take to improve your communication product. While it alone won’t guarantee a phenomenal outcome, it does provide the time and space necessary to get all of the critical ingredients in place and working together.
Read MoreYou attend a TEDx event and easily remember the opening speaker and the concluding speaker.
You listen to a sales pitch and find yourself repeating the product attributes that the sales person discussed first and those that she mentioned last.
In all these cases, you are experiencing the “serial position effect.”
Converting these research findings into a real-world recipe for communication success means that you must:
start strong,
finish strong,
and illustrate in the middle.
It is up to us to seize opportunities to present; to speak up.
Here are five reasons why you should jump at every opportunity to present at work, even if you’d rather not.
Communicating technically dense information to diverse audiences is as difficult as becoming an expert in AVN Cloud architecture, whatever that is.
Fortunately, there is an algorithm for successfully communicating technical information to diverse audiences. Here’s the code:
Articulating a vision = leadership.
Rallying support = leadership.
Steadying morale = leadership.
Acknowledging excellence = leadership.
Building and sustaining a business = it’s all leadership.
And while leaders have a long list of important attributes, one ability is central to all others—communication.
