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Confidence Isn’t Something You Do
One thing that has come up repeatedly in my coaching conversations recently is confidence. What strikes me is how often very capable, experienced people believe confidence is something they need to do. They tell themselves they need to prepare more, think more, polish more, or rehearse more. If they can just get the slides perfect […]
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Executive Presence Isn’t Polish, It’s Trust
I recently read a Fast Company article describing executive presence as “the new currency of business growth.” It struck me because it names something that comes up constantly in my work with senior leaders, even if people rarely say it quite that directly.
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When Your Job Shakes, You Don’t Have To
In a world of restructures, “strategic realignments” and never-ending change, it’s no surprise that so many high-achieving professionals feel like the ground beneath them is never fully stable.
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The Speak Proud Lead With Voice Framework: Turning Expertise Into Leadership Impact You can be the most capable person in the room and still leave people unsure of your leadership. Not because you lack experience, intelligence or good ideas. Sometimes, the gap is between what you know and what other people actually experience when you […]
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You can prepare every word of a presentation, know your subject inside out and have a message that deserves to be heard. But what happens when your body language tells a different story? I often see highly experienced leaders focus almost entirely on what they want to say. They refine their slides, rehearse their opening […]
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You’ve prepared for the obvious questions. You know your achievements, your examples and your reasons for wanting the role. Then someone on the panel asks something you genuinely weren’t expecting. For a moment, everything stops. You have a few seconds to decide what to do next: jump straight in and hope the answer emerges as […]
You’ve prepared the slides. You know your subject. You’ve rehearsed the opening. Then you walk onto the stage, look out at the room and realise that knowing your material is only half the job. This is where many senior leaders get caught out. They spend hours making sure the content is accurate, the data is […]
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