Developing Executive Presence
1h 12mIntermediate2019-08-07
Authors

John Ullmen
Executive Coach, Professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management
Course details
Learn to project self-confidence, clarity, and credibility even under conditions of stress, pressure, and uncertainty. In this course, John Ullmen, PhD, a professor from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, shares key research insights and step-by-step methods he uses to coach leaders around the world to develop executive presence. He outlines the four key factors that drive executive presence, and the specific actions that make them work for you. He also explains the difference between internal and external presence, and how to enhance both to increase your self-assurance and self-possession. He addresses how to do all of this without being fake or feeling inauthentic, and how to be "fully present, persistently."
Learning objectives
Inner and outer factors for executive presence
How to think about yourself and others
Being emotionally proactive
Getting things done
Action patterns of leaders with executive presence
Learning objectives
Inner and outer factors for executive presence
How to think about yourself and others
Being emotionally proactive
Getting things done
Action patterns of leaders with executive presence
Skills covered
Executive LeadershipWell-Being and Self-CarePersonal DevelopmentProfessional DevelopmentLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Executive presence - The key differentiator
1. Understanding Executive Presence
- 02 - Passion and positive difference
- 03 - Inner presence before outer presence
- 04 - Four factors of executive presence
- 05 - Do I have to be fake
2. Think - Perspective
- 06 - Thinking patterns and executive presence
- 07 - Thinking about yourself
- 08 - Thinking about others
- 09 - Getting things done
3. Feel - Poise
- 10 - Emotional patterns
- 11 - Being emotionally proactive
- 12 - Shifting emotions
4. Do - Projection
- 13 - Action patterns
- 14 - How you act
- 15 - What you say and how you say it
- 16 - Priming your presence
Conclusion
- 17 - Next steps
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