Executive Presence for Women

Have you ever been told, or felt yourself, that you come across as too stiff, too timid, overly aggressive, nervous, bossy, emotional, monotone, or lacking in presence? If you want to be taken seriously as a leader, sharpening both your verbal and nonverbal communication is essential. This training seminar for women in leadership addresses these challenges head-on.

The seminar examines the building blocks of executive presence and what it means to project genuine power and authority. In a candid and supportive environment, you will receive honest, personalized feedback from your instructor and peers, participate in video-recorded exercises and improvisation practice, and gain a clear-eyed view of your current professional image. You will then identify specific opportunities to strengthen your executive presence and put new behaviors into practice. With individualized coaching and substantive feedback woven throughout, this is an ideal program for women who want to maximize their influence and step fully into their leadership identity.

Who Should Attend:

Mid- to senior-level women who are committed to being seen and respected as credible, high-impact leaders.

How You Will Benefit:

• Understand how body language and verbal behavior shape your leadership image
• Recognize how targeted adjustments can meaningfully shift how you are perceived
• Use verbal and physical presence appropriately to amplify your influence
• Learn how powerful leaders modulate their communication style depending on the context
• Project confidence and credibility in any business situation
• Receive in-depth, personalized coaching and feedback from instructors and peers

What You Will Cover:

• Crafting your authentic leadership story: the kind of leader you are and why you deserve to lead
• Demonstrating confidence and commanding respect in professional settings
• Channeling positive energy when situations demand it
• Targeting and refining your body language for maximum impact
• Assessing your current body language profile: Are you projecting high or low power?
• Understanding how personal appearance influences professional perception
• Identifying image derailers and the words and phrases to eliminate from your vocabulary
• Practicing the behaviors of a confident leader, even in moments of uncertainty
• Building positive self-talk habits and developing power poses that reinforce your leadership presence

Outline:

Learning Objectives

• Identify the key components of a powerful executive presence
• Assess your current professional image honestly
• Apply proven techniques and power poses to express authentic personal confidence
• Recover gracefully from verbal or nonverbal slip-ups to maintain executive presence

Mental Elements of Executive Presence

• Apply the principles of composure and confidence to project a genuine presence
• Frame self-talk and visualization to support your desired leadership persona
• Integrate internal confidence tools to power up your external behaviors

Verbal and Nonverbal Elements of Executive Presence

• Understand that credibility is shaped through intentional use of the pillars of executive presence
• Identify your authentic expression of both verbal and nonverbal elements

Intentional Presence

• Demonstrate the ability to use storytelling to create a memorable impression
• Evaluate your professional presence through recorded work and guided peer feedback

Powerful Poses for Impactful Presence

• Identify and practice power poses that support both feeling and behaving with presence
• Apply a five-step process for emotional management in high-stakes moments

Recovery and Flexible Presence

• Assess challenging situations and intentionally choose behaviors that reinforce executive image
• Identify a range of recovery strategies for presence slip-ups
• Analyze and adapt personal presence in a simulated meeting context
• Build a toolkit of strategies for consistently projecting a polished, flexible executive presence