Today: Don't waste your time "trying" to get executive presence. We reveal the way that actually works to save you time and money and help get you the results you need to elevate your career. It's simple, but not easy, and frankly that's the way we like it! Join us as we explore the path to executive presence.

Transcript

Everybody wants executive presence, but no one seems to be able to teach you how to get it, which is a shame because it's the killer skill for any leader. Sure. You could take a class, but no professor or YouTube tutorial is going to prepare me to enter the ring with Mike Tyson - in his prime or even today. Nope, not gonna cut it.

You could ask someone who has it, but they will either not know or what they do know will not work for you because, well, you're not them. There's no drumming advice Tommy Lee could give me that will enable me to sit in for him at a Motley crew concert. Not even close.

Well, what about imitation being the greatest form of flattery or fake it till you make it? Nope, also non-starters.

So what will work? It's simple, but not easy. All you have to do to have executive presence is convince the person in front of you that you have the ability to lead well in the given situation. That's the simple part.

How do you do that? It depends - on you, on the other person, and on the situation. There's no silver bullet hack that anyone can give you because the variables are too many. That's the not easy part.

However, if you can, by your presence and your actions inspire that confidence, you will have executive presence. And exploring all the various ways you can do that is the goal of Executive Presence Morsels. Remember, it's not what you say, do or wear, it's how you make people feel that generates the executive presence. Nothing else matters.

Today: I share why I decided to design, create, and deliver a daily podcast (gulp!) on executive presence, what to expect, and how it will help you elevate your career. I also include a preview of the first, full episode. 

Tune in July 5 for your first of many Executive Presence Morsels! 

Your turn: We'd love to hear from you. Use the "Message" button on the Anchor app to share a story, question, or feedback related to this episode. Or email us at joe@connectioncounselor.com

Learn more: Details about the book, online course, YouTube tutorials and more can be found at www.connectioncounselor.com/executive-presence-place

Music: Earning Happiness by John Bartmann is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License

Transcript

Hi, this is Joe the Connection Counselor and welcome to the trailer episode of the new podcast, Executive Presence Morsels.

Mark, your calendars, July 5th ‘cause there's no turning back. This is the launch date for this daily podcast and I've committed to create a new podcast every day for the next year on executive presence.

Now you may be wondering, that sounds like a lot of work, Joe, why would you do that? Well, it's funny…everything that you want to develop, anything where you actually make progress, really requires a commitment, not necessarily daily, but it really doesn't work to attend a class for 60 minutes or 90 minutes and then expect to make a marked improvement in your life. Everyone knows it requires a real commitment and thinking and attention and focus.

So I wanted to create something which was short. Each episode will be just 5 to 10 minutes which ontains insights on things that I'm thinking about and can share with you, to help advance your executive presence.

And the benefit for me is it also keeps me thinking about it. And I learn a lot creatively by forcing myself to think of the different principles that will really help you generate more executive presence.

So how will this help? Each episode I'll provide some insights based on principles or examples that I've come across, conversations I've had with people or stories from my own life or others, or that I've read, that really illustrate how to get more executive presence.

And you can take those principles, think about them and apply them to your life. And because this is happening on a daily basis, it makes it more likely that you're able to find something that really resonates with you and that will improve your results.

Now. I want to be clear how anxiety inducing, imposter syndrome stimulating and fear of failure fantasizing this whole endeavor is. So any support you can provide via leaving a message on Anchor.fm or emailing me at joe@connectioncounselor.com will truly be appreciated.

I hope to see you soon. I've included the first few moments of the first official episode here, so have a listen.