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Marketing and branding has been redefined in recent years around the concept of narrative. Consumers want to buy the story, not just the product. Given the choice between a bottle of wine you know little about and one that includes details about the history of...
Watch television any night of the week and you’ll be bombarded by ads for prescription sleep aids. We live in a stressful time. But much of the angst that I observe is, unfortunately, self-imposed. I meet executives all the time, for example, who want to...
When I am coaching leaders and high achievers regarding their executive presence I hear of the same obstacle over and over again. In fact it always comes up in the very first conversation we have – although they do not realize it or recognize it....
When I was just starting out at Macy’s I had big plans for myself and a roadmap for climbing the corporate ladder. I overachieved, made my bosses look great, and took advantage of every opportunity to enroll in career development workshops and leadership development seminars....
Don’t become one of the many high-potential leaders who miss the boat simply because they don’t fully grasp the power of external image. Don’t think of clothes as just something to wear. View them as a factor in leadership influence. Stop dismissing body language as...
Whether you are young or old or somewhere in the middle, there is no time like now to begin thinking about your personal and professional legacy. In the early years of your career a vision of lifelong legacy can guide and inspire you to greater...
Are you leveraging language to reinforce your leadership brand and image? Or are you inadvertently conceding power through weak phrasing or ineffective body talk/posture every time you speak, write, or communicate? Leaders are only as strong as their executive presence, and if you don’t exhibit...
In honor of Father's Day yesterday. Remembering my Dad and those other men out there that are dad's, uncles or mentors to the young people in their life. My dad attended seminary at Columbia University at a time when many of the great theologians of the...
Do you ever feel like you are constantly comparing yourself to extroverts and their greater career success? The first move you must make is to stop comparing yourself to others. That just makes you feel smaller by contrast because extroverted personalities seem larger than...
Executive presence is always the biggest item on the agenda when Fortune 500’s ask me to come aboard and help them develop their leaders. But when I ask them, “What do you mean by executive presence?” they aren’t sure. As the French say, there is...