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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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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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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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Last week, I attended a brilliant workshop on SEO hosted by Search Light’s founder, Dillan Gandhi, and one line really stuck with me: “Search sees everything.” It made me think about how often people assume they can tidy things up online. Delete a post. Rewrite a bio. Reposition themselves. But once something is out there, […]
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A client said something to me recently that stuck with me. “I’m not sure I’m the right person to say it.” She is senior, experienced and very capable. She knows her subject. People respect her, but in the moment that mattered, she held back. Not because she didn’t have a point, and not because she […]
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Most people assume authority is built in the obvious moments: the presentation, the keynote, the board meeting, the panel. Those moments do matter, of course, but I don’t think they are where authority is most strongly shaped. More often, it is won or lost in the less glamorous, less rehearsed moments that happen around them: […]

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. By the time someone reaches Director or Senior Leader level, technical competence […]
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