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Express Vocal Tip #5 - Open the gate! — by It may sound obvious that you need to open your mouth for the sound to get out. And yet, I often observe people who barely open their mouth as they speak. When you relax your jaws to allow a larger opening, you will get a fuller and richer sound […]

Express Vocal Tip #5 – Open the gate!

November 8, 2019 in Executive presence / Public speaking / Uncategorized / Voice tagged Express Vocal Tips by Maria Wilhelmsson

Express Vocal Tip #4 - Breathing low and slow — by Breathing low and slow – easier said than done when under pressure. Deeper and slower breathing does not only power your voice but also makes you more present and relaxed. Enjoy this fourth Express Vocal Tip! by

Express Vocal Tip #4 – Breathing low and slow

October 31, 2019 in Executive presence / Voice by Maria Wilhelmsson

Express Vocal Tips #3 - Open, align and ground your body — by Time for Express Vocal Tip number 3: How to open and align your body so that air and sound can flow freely. by

Express Vocal Tip #3 – Open, align and ground your ...

October 23, 2019 in Executive presence / Public speaking / Voice tagged Express Vocal Tips by Maria Wilhelmsson

Express Vocal Tips #2:Move your body! — by Your voice will always follow your body. If your body is stiff and static, your voice will be monotone. If your body is energised and relaxed, your voice will come to life. Before an important meeting or presentation, make sure to wake up and energise your body: Go for […]

Express Vocal Tip #2: Move your body

October 17, 2019 in Executive presence / Public speaking / Voice tagged Express Vocal Tips by Maria Wilhelmsson

Express Vocal Tips - Helping to power your voice — by Welcome to this series of Express Vocal Tips to help you power your voice and speak so people want to listen. I will be posting weekly until the end of this year, providing you with easy and actionable ways to get more out of your voice and to speak […]

Express Vocal Tips – helping you to power your voice

October 10, 2019 in Executive presence / Public speaking / Voice tagged Express Vocal Tips by Maria Wilhelmsson

Fear of speaking - shifting the spotlight away from your ego. — by Being one of four daughters of hard-working parents, getting somebody’s undivided attention was rare when I was a child. Until when at age seven I was asked to sing solo at the school end-of-year festivities. Suddenly all eyes and all ears were on me – and I found […]

Fear of speaking – shifting the spotlight away from your ...

August 19, 2019 in Executive presence / Influencing skills / Public speaking tagged confidence / connection / courage / fear of speaking / managing anxiety / public speaking by Maria Wilhelmsson

Aliveness - an essential component of your executive presence. — by The past few weeks have been full of work to be done before the holidays and end-of-term obligations related to our children. In this frenzy, I’ve had moments of feeling more dead than alive. Therefore, I felt a calling to write about aliveness. When we talk about executive presence […]

Aliveness – an essential component of your presence

July 11, 2019 in Executive presence tagged aliveness by Maria Wilhelmsson

Working on your executive presence videos — Would you like to work on your executive presence but not sure where to start? I have put together three brief videos to get you going!

Working on your executive presence – three videos

July 9, 2019 in Executive presence by Maria Wilhelmsson

Leadership presence starts in your body — by How do you relate to your body at work? Do you relate to it at all? Or do you see it as an obstacle, an annoying part of you that doesn’t look or behave like you would want it to? Most of us are to various degrees disconnected from […]

Leadership presence starts in your body

April 27, 2019 in Body language / Executive presence by Maria Wilhelmsson

Adjust your body - change your state and your impact. In this brief video, I explore six different directions or dimensions that you can move or adjust your body in: downward - upward - inward - outward - forward - backward. Each one of the directions is useful, and each one of them can be overdone. Which directions feel more natural and comfortable to you, and which are the ones you avoid? — by The way you hold and move your body is a crucial part of your leadership presence. It influences how you think, feel, and act. It also affects your interactions and relationships with other people. The more aware you become of what you are doing with your body, the easier […]

Adjust your body – change your state and your impact

April 18, 2019 in Body language / Executive presence tagged body awareness / leadership presence by Maria Wilhelmsson

Strategies that may sabotage your communication — by What is your standard response to stress and how does it affect your communication and your relationships? When under pressure or exposed to conflict, we tend to cope along three dimensions: by moving move toward people (compliance), against them (aggression), or away from them (withdrawal). These are instinctive behaviours […]

Strategies that sabotage your communication

March 29, 2019 in Body language / Executive presence tagged centering / communication / leadership presence by Maria Wilhelmsson

Engaging and involving your audience in meetings and presentations. Leading effective and interactive meetings and presentations. — by We all know what it’s like to sit through boring presentations and meetings being force-fed facts and figures. We start daydreaming, checking our e-mail, send a text message, or even fall asleep. From the speaker’s point of view, it’s not that fun either. Seeing a sea of blank faces […]

Why you need to involve your audience – and why ...

February 15, 2019 in Influencing skills / Public speaking tagged audience engagement / Audience involvement / effective meetings / influencing skills / interactive presentations by Maria Wilhelmsson