Empower Yourself for Success

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1 Empower Yourself for Success

2 By Enhancing Your Leadership Profile.

3 5 Actions You Must Master to Communicate You Are a Powerful, Persuasive and Influential Leader

4 Technical Expert to Empowered Leader Leadership is not about titles, positions, flow charts. It is about one life influencing another. John Maxwell

5 Jean s Career Story Before..After Jean Caton MS MBA RDN

6 Simon Sinek Ted Talk

7 Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership* 1. Clarify Values 2. Inspire a Shared Vision 3. Challenge the Process 4. Enable Others to Act 5. Encourage the Heart * The Leadership Challenge Authors Kouzes and Posner

8 Lead Yourself Before You Can Lead Others Sure-Fire Leadership Derailers O Executive Gremlins; Inner Critic; Imposter O Perfectionism O Procrastination O Risk averse O Stuck in the weeds

9 Common Mistakes

10 Leadership Profile for an Empowered Leader 1. Master Your Mindset 2. Executive Presence 3. Let Your Voice Be Heard 4. Build Your Network 5. Take Action

11 #1 Master Your Mindset Think highly of yourself because the world takes you at your own estimate. Unknown

12 You are what you think

13 Actions Feelingsemotions FEAR Thoughts Words

14 Master Your Mindset The Voice of the Inner Critic Withers Self Esteem

15 New Comfort Zone Do something scary Comfort Zone Do one thing everyday that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt

16 Confidence Trumps Competence!

17 #2 Executive Presence Perception is reality. Look, act, sound like a leader

18 Executive Presence State of Mind Ephemeral Know it when you see it Energy Own the Room That WOW Factor

19 7/11 First Impressions Count

20 #3 Let Your Voice Be Heard Be seen and be heard

21 Confident Communication is a Core Competency for a Leader One to One In Meetings On Stage

22 Staff, Manager Coworkers, Clients Meetings Networking Conversations Teleconference s/teleseminars Water Cooler Conversations

23 Weak Communication Diminishes Your Perceived Authority O Weak Wimpy Words O Hedges & Tags O Tone. Too soft/loud O Inflection at end

24 Confident Communication 1. Begin with the End in Mind 2. The Power of Three 3. Eliminate Word Clutter

25 Begin with the End in Mind No Preambles Get to the Point!! What is the Headline!

26 The Power of Three Bottom line followed by up to three supporting points

27 Eliminate Word Clutter Sound more confident. Get Heard!

28 Eliminate Word Clutter Strong Words Direct Concise Precise

29 Powerful Presentations O Ability is being judged O Audition for your next job O Stage presence O Eliminate Brain Freeze

30 #4 Build Your Network Advance your career Be more effective in your job

31 Build Relationships Networking is about having a conversation that may lead to forming a relationship.

32 Networking Best Practices O Network everywhere O Network with influencers O What to say Conversation Starters O Positive at all costs O Not for extroverts only O Listen and ask questions O Amplify others O Lock in Follow up on the spot

33 Empower Your Success Take Action You can t learn to swim by reading a book. You have to jump in the pool.

34 Gap the Goal Here and Now Then and There

35 Questions Tweet Text Me Friend Me

36 Why Not? One's ability to succeed, is always proportional to one's willingness to fail. Besides, all failures are temporary, all tigers are paper, and life is a many splendored thing. The Universe

37 References and Resources O The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner O The Confidence Gap by Russ Harris O Leadership Without Easy Answers Ron Heitez O Executive Gremlins by Jacqui Grey O The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown O Why Nice Girls Don t get the Corner Office by Lois Frankel PhD O Off Balance Matthew Kelly O O Complimentary Career Strategy Session Text Me!

38 Connect with Jean O O O O Jean@CoachJeanCaton.com O Text