Executive Presence Is a Performance Skill: How to Unlock Yours

Executive presence often feels mysterious and difficult to define. Drawing lessons from actors, directors, and performance experts, this 97% Effective Essentials episode explores practical ways to command attention and credibility.

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

SHOW NOTES:

• Why your presence and communications matters so much at work.
• Hard truth: How you say it is more important than the actual content.
• Lessons from past guests, leaders from the world of acting and the dramatic arts.
• Insight #1: from Chip Davis, Acting and Voice Coach: Embrace fear to avoid tension.
• “Leaders need to perform competence.”
• Insight #2 from Richard Newman, CEO of Body Talk: The power of body language (research findings).
• “Think about congruency, not authenticity” when it comes to what your audience sees in your body language.
• Insight #3 from Tamzin Townsend, Queen Midas of the Theater: The importance of tone to bring energy.
• “Our voice can do SO much …a lot of energy is in the voice.”
• The power of silence in a noisy world.
• Bottom Line: Spend less time on your content, and more time on how you’ll deliver it.
• 3 things to do when preparing your next communication.
• Resources and Next Steps.

 

BIO AND LINKS:

Michael Wenderoth is an Executive Coach that helps executives re-examine their assumptions about power, politics, and authenticity to get promoted, become more effective at work, and break glass ceilings holding them back. Having served 20 years in senior roles with companies across the globe, and then 7 years as a professional coach, he has helped accelerated the careers of clients from diverse industries, backgrounds, and levels of seniority, helping them get ahead – without having to sell their souls in the process. Michael is the award-winning author of Get Promoted, host of the 97% Effective career acceleration podcast, and a frequent speaker and media contributor on career advancement, leadership and navigating power and politics. His work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Stanford Business School Executive Education and IE Business School, where he collaborates with renowned professors, coaches, executives and experts. Michael holds an MBA from Stanford and trained as an executive coach at Columbia University (3CP).

• Michael’s Award-winning Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3
• Episode #32 - Chip Davis, Voice and Acting Coach: Leaders Need to “Perform Competence” (and How To Do That): https://tinyurl.com/bdhenxyz
• Episode #75 - Richard Newman, Founder & CEO at Body Talk: How to Master Your Body Talk to Elevate Your Leadership: https://tinyurl.com/4fe365jt
• Episode #69 - Tamzin Townsend, Acclaimed Theatre Director & Communication Trainer: Harnessing the Power of Acting & Theatre in Professional Communications https://tinyurl.com/3av52v56
• The expression, “You can’t buff a turd” - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/you_can%27t_polish_a_turd
• Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelchangwenderoth/
• Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

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