Speak Up: Develop Your Executive Presence & Leadership Communication Style

329: The Completely Unexpected Essential Foundation for Massive Confidence and Leadership Presence

Nov 13, 2024

In this engaging discussion, Brad Hook, author of "Start With Values" and resilience expert, shares insights on the foundation of leadership presence. He emphasizes the importance of aligning personal values to enhance fulfillment and decision-making. Brad reveals practical strategies for setting boundaries to protect well-being and improve influence in the workplace. The conversation also covers effective communication techniques for pitching ideas and challenges of maintaining authenticity, providing listeners with a framework for meaningful leadership growth.

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ADVICE

Values-Driven Life

Clarify your values to create habits supporting them, leading to more meaningful work and life.
This alignment increases fulfillment and reduces anxiety by enabling you to prioritize what truly matters.

ANECDOTE

Prioritizing Family

Brad Hook prioritized bedtime stories with his daughter over late-night work calls.
This decision demonstrates how valuing family helped him set boundaries and maintain work-life balance.

ADVICE

Boosting Confidence

Control your nervous system by breathing in for 3 seconds, pausing, and exhaling for 5 seconds.
This technique restores blood flow to the thinking part of your brain, improving confidence and fluency, especially for introverts.

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Are you drowning in short-term tasks and expectations wondering how to come up for air so you can have more influence and impact?

In today’s fast-paced corporate world, it’s all too easy for high-performing leaders to lose sight of what’s actually most important in the face of mounting deadlines, expectations, and pressures.

This episode dives into why aligning with core values can be a powerful anchor for fulfillment and performance—enabling you to stay on course amidst the daily grind and advancing you closer to that VP role you aspire to.

By the end of this conversation with thought leader Brad Hook you’ll know;

🌟 A personalized framework for getting to the roots that actually move the needle in both work and life

🌱What type of habit leads to long-lasting fulfillment and a stronger sense of purpose

🛡️ The art of setting boundaries to protect your well-being and amplify your influence

Play this episode now to gain practical strategies for harnessing your values, strengthening your leadership impact, and moving closer to your career goals.

Clear values provide a foundation for decision-making and reduce stress by setting meaningful boundaries. In our Executive Presence Mastery System we work with values in polishing your premium persona brand.

If you want personalized help with your personal brand and executive communication, our Executive Presence Mastery System, a 90-day intensive coaching program may be your ticket. Click here to set up a short meetup for us to chat about it.

About our guest:

Brad Hook, author of Start With Values (Penguin Random House) has led over a thousand workshops globally on resilience, well-being, and high performance.

He contributes regularly to Entrepreneur magazine, hosts two successful podcasts, and heads the Resilience Lab at the Resilience Institute. He’s also the founder of the Values Institute and an expert in making big ideas accessible and actionable.

In Speak Up communication and executive presence coaching, high performing leaders learn to enhance their influence and confidence, refining their communication style to increase visibility and effectiveness in promotion opportunities.

By honing communication skills and fostering a trusted advisor mindset, aspiring executives cultivate mastery in public speaking and beat imposter syndrome.

Your leadership becomes more strategic and inspiring.