STYLE & STRATEGY HUB

Tired of hearing 'executive presence', and you may or may not need it?  The main executive presence framework most leadership programs still teach or coach on was built on a particular premise: that there is one consistent professional self, that presence is built around that self, and that being ex...

There's a pattern that shows up in almost every woman who's been operating at a senior level for any length of time. She has built up a body of evidence that registers in the room before her brain has translated it into anything she can articulate. She picks up on tone shifts before anyone has finis...

Most senior leaders have one presence context they’ve invested in carefully: the boardroom. That’s where feedback has landed, where the stakes have felt highest, and where “executive presence” has been referenced as something to develop. And most have done that work.

But building leadership presence...

Your photos are often the first time someone experiences you. Learn how to prepare for brand photography that reflects your leadership presence, not a persona.

"How you are experienced matters."

"You cannot outsource presence."

"When you feel like you, you lead like you."

"Your photos are often ...

54% of women leaders face competence-based microaggressions. Learn what the 2025 Gallup research reveals about leadership presence—and how to close the gap.

"There is a gap between your capability and how you are being experienced. That gap is closable."

"How you are experienced matters."

"Hope i...

Plan your 2026 leadership presence in one hour using two diagnostic exercises. Stop drifting into January and start the year already positioned.

It is the first week of December.

You are thinking about Christmas parties, gifts, travel, end-of-school chaos, and how little you will get done in the n...