2017 - Want to Get Promoted: Do You Have Executive Presence

Overview: Too many managers do not have the promotable trait called Executive Presence. There are numerous definitions-some focus simply on the communication skills others focus on skills that are too tactical.Leaders need to project the Executive Presence to motivate and challenge their direct reports. Learn the key skills for Executive Presence-that reflect your readiness to be promoted.
Why should you Attend: FUD:Has this happened to you? You realize that everyone around you is getting promoted except for you.The feedback you have received focuses on your superior ability to get results with the caveat that your communication lacks emotional-social intelligence.If this sounds familiar and you are not sure what your next steps are, you need to take to improve your Executive Presence
Leaders, managers, individual contributors, high potentials, baby boomers, etc.
Areas Covered in the Session: Executive presence is a set of skills that reflect a leader's readiness to be promoted and lead strategic initiatives.
The leader exudes self-confidence.
They use influence and emotional-social intelligent communication style balanced with a sincere drive for results
Understand the business- strategically-knows how things work
Lead team on an issue or challenge-work toward goal and results
Choose appropriate modes to operate-negotiation, directness,results driven,etc.
Provides timely feedback
Component that often gets focused on: appearance that exudes self-confidence
Effectively manages perceptions
It is more than just dressing well
Can be counted on when times are tough-inner winner mindset
Who Will Benefit:
Supervisor
Managers
High Potentials
Senior Project Manager
HR Managers
Instructor:
Valerie Pelan has been consulting and providing Executive coaching for over 10 years.
She provides her corporate clients with a strategic and global perspective that combines her business experience working in Fortune 100 companies and her experience as an entrepreneur. As President of Integrated Focus, she provides leadership coaching to leaders and high potentials: her areas of expertise are executive presence, career transitioning and leading change.
She works with the owners and executive teams in mid-sized companies providing Strategic Planning and communication skills.
Valerie was featured in Jan. 2009 Dallas Business Journal. Her clients agree she provides a strategic perspective on leadership and team dynamics that improves performance and positively impacts business results.
Valerie’s 20+ years in Fortune 100 companies included strategic organizations such as product management, competitive and financial analysis, regulatory affairs and service implementation.
Valerie has worked with C suite leaders to VP and business owners and their executive teams. She is certified by the global standards organization, ICF and mentors and assesses coaches as part of their coaching certification. She is certified in over 15 assessments giving her flexibility and adaptability to work in various organizational cultures: MBTI ? Myers Briggs, DISC, Extraordinary Leader 360, MLQ 360, Lominger Voices 360, Hogan Inventories, Winslow Behavioral Profile, and Conflict Dynamics Profile.
Valerie has been a leader in the community and continues to serve on non-profit Boards. She speaks at National and global conferences on Coaching, leadership, and Communication skills. She has MBA in Economics and is an adjunct professor at University of Dallas College MBA program in the College of Business.