Have you been told you need “more executive presence” and walked away with no idea what that means or what to do next?

It's one of the most common pieces of feedback in leadership, and one of the least explained. It also often decides who gets promoted. Lida Citroën, executive coach and author of The New Rules of Influence, breaks down what people usually mean when they say it, drawing on a client who was passed over for promotion and her own early-career experience.

You’ll learn:

• Five things “you need more presence” might really mean, from still doing the work of your last role to staying silent when leaders need your view
• The questions that turn a vague label into specific next steps
• Why image, communication, and gravitas no longer cover it, and what replaces them
• Why senior leaders rank presence so highly yet struggle to define it
• For leaders who give this feedback: how to make it useful, and how to spot when “presence” is really bias against women, introverts, non-native English speakers, or anyone whose style differs from the leaders before them

Presence isn’t something you’re born with. It’s a skill you can build.

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