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• Assess and Develop Your Executive Presence
• Consider your: Candor, Clarity, Openness, Passion,
Poise, Self-Confidence, Sincerity, Thoughtfulness, and
Warmth
• Conduct your own personal dress rehearsal before big
meetings or events and be sure your team is “on board”
with you
• Observe those that show up with good executive presence

• Market Yourself
• Share your uniqueness and your accomplishments
• Speak with an authentic sense of passion and enthusiasm
• Tell stories about your experiences
• Develop and practice using your personal “elevator speech”
• Practice “grateful gratitude” in response to compliments

• Tools: Assess Your Executive Presence

Chapter 8: Making Your Words Count

• Recognize Making Your Words Count as Your Sticky Floor
• Are you clear, concise, and easy to understand?
• Do you easily adapt your speaking style to the situation
and the individual?
• Do you check yourself on how much or little detail to
provide?
• Do you plan what you are going to say and how you will
say it?
• Do you never hesitate to speak up when you have
something of value to say?
• Do you influence others by what you say, when, and how
you say it?