Executive Coach, Lifelong learner, Dad, Bass player, Outdoor Enthusiast, Former Apple Worldwide Director of Finance.
[DSD] How to appear more confident
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Specific behaviors can increase your confidence and credibility. —Cara Hale Alter My client smiles too much. He’s friendly, positive, optimistic, smart, and solution-oriented. But others don’t take him seriously. He undermines sales conversations when he participates. His team doesn’t deliver as much when he manages them. Some employees have even taken advantage of him. I don’t suggest to anyone to change who they are. But I do suggest to expand their behavioral range. You need to have a wide variety of behavioral tools in your belt to be successful as a leader. The first and most obvious piece of advice for this client was to smile less. But there are additional, specific, behavioral changes I shared with him to be more authoritative. Executive presence isn’t always a vague, ephemeral concept that you guess at. There are specific behavioral changes you can make to boost it. That’s the topic this week on Do Something Different. Listen for the full details of mindset + skillset changes you can make. Short on time? Read the article with the highlights. How will you show up this week with more authority & confidence? |
Rusty Gaillard
Executive Coach, Lifelong learner, Dad, Bass player, Outdoor Enthusiast, Former Apple Worldwide Director of Finance.
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