Executive presence

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 […]

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19 Aug, 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

11 Jul, 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

9 Jul, 2019 in Executive presence by Maria Wilhelmsson

Leadership presence starts in your body

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

Adjust your body – change your state and your impact

18 Apr, 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

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

by Executive presence is the ability to connect authentically with others, inspire and influence them to act. Simply put, your presence is the way you are in the world – how you show up, act, and interact with others. Your presence determines the quality of your relationships and what you […]

The Five Dimensions of Executive Presence

4 Dec, 2018 in Executive presence tagged communication / embodiment / executive presence / leadership by Maria Wilhelmsson

Enhancing your executive presence. Improve your personal presence one baby step at a time. — by Have you ever cultivated the thought that you could benefit from enhancing your personal presence, but struggle to find the time and energy to do anything about it? Here are some small steps you can take to move you in the right direction. Step one – find out […]

Enhancing your presence one baby step at a time

6 Nov, 2017 in Executive presence tagged coaching / communication / executive presence by Maria Wilhelmsson

by Life isn’t fair. Great ideas don’t automatically win over bad ones. Outstanding individuals don’t necessarily get promoted over mediocre ones. Your talents and contributions aren’t always visible to the rest of the world. Life isn’t fair. But could it also be that we are not always fair on […]

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