This document provides an overview of corporate presence and essential skills for professional success. It discusses corporate presence as having confidence, speaking clearly, thinking under pressure, acting with intention, and presenting one's genuine character. Three key ingredients of corporate presence are identified as gravitas, effective communication skills, and an award-winning appearance. The document also covers topics like ethical leadership, time management, effective communication skills, professional dress, self-perception, and concludes with taking the perspective of how others see you.

1. Corporate Presence

2. Senior Associate Dean and Senior Professor
Bush School of Government and Public Service
Texas A&M University
Frank B. Ashley III, Ed.D.

3. • Personality Identification
• Corporate/Executive Presence
• Leadership vs Management
• Characteristics of Effective Leaders
• Time Management
• Effective Communication
• Professional Dress
• How Others See Me
• Three Pillars Presentations
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Overview

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What is Corporate Presence?
• Hard to define, but know when we see it
• Someone walks into room, people step aside
• Heads turn
• When they speak, people applaud or chime in
• When they ask, people answer
• When they lead, people follow
• When they leave, things wind down
• People with presence
• Look confident and comfortable
• Speak clearly and persuasively
• Think clearly even under pressure
• Act with intention
• Reflect on their emotions, attitudes, and situations then adapt
• Present their genuine character authentically
• What they say and do matches who they are

5. • Gravitas – how you act
• Effective Communication Skills
• Award Winning Appearance – how you look
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Three Key Essential Ingredients

6. Leadership that is directed by
• respect for ethical beliefs and values
• and for the dignity and rights of others.
It is thus related to concepts such as trust, honesty,
consideration, charisma and fairness
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Ethical Leadership

7. Time Management
Contributions from
the Individual
Inducements
from the
Organization
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• Avoiding the pitfalls of poor time management
• Meeting planning

8. Ten Time Management Mistakes
1. Failing to keep a to-do list
2. Not setting personal goals
3. Not prioritizing
4. Failing to manage distractions
5. Procrastination
6. Taking on too much
7. Thriving on busy
8. Multi-tasking
9. Not taking breaks
10. Ineffectively scheduling tasks
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Effective Communication

10. Honing Your Conversation Skills
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Individuals who have executive presence:
• Can often put people at ease.
• Try to be inclusive of everyone when conversing in a group setting.
• Are aware of how people feel about themselves when they are in
their presence.

11. Dress for Success
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If you do not have a uniform or work in a business casual
environment…dressing for work can seem like a tedious difficulty chore.
– Five days a week
– 40+ weeks a year

12. How Others See Me
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Dr. Phil’s Test
• Answers are for who you are now...not who you were in the past.
• This is a real test given by the Human Resources Departments at
many of the major corporations today.
• It helps them get better insight concerning their employees and
prospective employees.

13. In Conclusion
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Very important to see how others view us.
Provides insight to how other treat us.

14. Discussion/Questions
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