Most executive presence advice starts in the wrong place. Stand taller. Slow your speech. Hold eye contact. Lower your vocal fry. These are the go-to fixes, and they treat presence as a set of behaviors to correct... as if the person walking into the room is broadcasting some visible deficiency that better technique will patch over.

That framing misses the actual problem entirely.

Take a client of mine... a highly capable marketing executive on the path to CMO. Every quarter she presents for 3...

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Trust, Influence, and the Irreplaceable Woman Leader in the Age of AI

There's a question I hear more than any other from the women executives and high-potential female leaders I have the honor of working with right now:...

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I honor where you are, and for what you have accomplished up to this point.

It’s often easy to lose sight of the lives we’ve touched, the progress we’ve made and what we have given to others. This affects our momentum, motivation and confidence, so please do take a moment for self gratitude, and the good you have already put into the world.

If you are feeling "stuck," it may be time for an Ambition Checkpoint.

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