I’m skipping around with my lesson...confidence is the next trait in the sequence, but I’m giving myself the confidence to change my own lesson in order to focus on credibility. Throughout my career, I’ve noticed a trend within myself: when I first start a new role at a new company, I’m very timid. In some … Continue reading How Credibility Enables Authenticity

What does it mean to be charismatic? For most of my life, I’ve envisioned the person who can carry on witty banter, can bring life to a boring party, and never second guess the words that are coming out of their mouth. Also known as, “not me.” I’ve learned over the two years that those … Continue reading Charisma

Despite my flaws, Connection is an area where I feel I shine. Maybe it's because my sun sign is Cancer, but I thrive on people feeling welcomed, happy and appreciated. Having said that, this isn't a lesson to skip. Someone once told me that I put up walls for certain people, and that's something to … Continue reading Connection

“The state of being calm and in control of oneself.” “Psychological stability." “Keeping cool under pressure.” Check, check (kind of) and check. As I pore over definitions of what composure is, I started to wonder if I could skip this lesson. But then I found this... “Composure is not letting your emotions become obstacles.” Hmm... … Continue reading Composure

Before I start on my Composure lesson, I want to talk about me....though I think that is anti-charisma (We’ll figure that out during the charisma lesson). Regardless, I read my last post and realized how incredibly hard I am on myself! One of the things that I want to be sure of is that I … Continue reading A Lot of Geeky, With a Touch of Levity

As I mentioned in my previous post, my first step in my journey to executive presence is self-reflection. I recently asked our field marketers to self-calibrate their skills in each of the tools in our tech stack. So it's fitting for me to honestly self-calibrate my executive presence. I think I'm self-aware enough to know … Continue reading Self-Reflection