Women's Leadership

Identify your current leadership brand by seeing how others perceive you: Google yourself, update LinkedIn, and set Google alerts; then review performance reviews or 360s for recurring patterns.

Define your leadership brand as your reputation and the daily messages you send, and ensure others view you as you intend by aligning actions with your leadership image.

Ask colleagues to describe you in three words, collect responses, and analyze patterns to reveal which aspects of your professional persona stand out and drive your competitive advantage.

Define your leadership brand by identifying role models and adopting their traits through targeted training. Craft and share your narrative to connect past, present, and future.

Live your leadership brand by continuously signaling ideas through content creation, speaking up, and leadership roles while cultivating a strong network for credibility, guided by a roadmap worksheet.

Explore what executive presence means and how being seen as a leader affects promotions, raises, and being in the room, while noting it's not fixed and can be developed.

Explore the three components of executive presence—appearance, communication skills, and gravitas—and learn how calm leadership in crises builds trust and commands respect.

Dressing to send a message teaches how executive presence relies on context and personal brand, with tailoring and subtle accessories boosting professional perception and sparking conversations.

Master body language to convey executive presence in the room, focusing on feet, hands, and face to project confidence, control, and leadership.

Develop assertive communication by projecting your voice, avoiding uptalk, and managing vocal range in leadership roles; practice, seek feedback, and use breathing techniques to convey confidence.

Record your presentation like game tape, watch the video, and observe body language to identify patterns and improve delivery using the worksheet to track feet, hands, face, and voice.

Master communication to ensure your message is heard and others feel seen, appreciated, and fully present, building followers and strong relationships whether in person or virtually.

In a distractible world, be a present leader by breathing deeply, releasing physical tension, and listening until others finish, showing that focused attention matters and strengthens leadership.

Recognize manspreading as a signal of dominance, and note that women minimize posture. Audit body language in meetings and adopt powerful poses to boost power and ensure ideas are heard.

show genuine interest in others to build relationships and buy-in; apply three strategies: put away your phone, lean forward to show engagement, and match energy to theirs.

Master virtual communication by aligning eye contact with the camera and monitor gaze. Improve lighting and sound, and lean in to stay engaged, strengthening leadership impact.

Practice presence in meetings with a post-meeting checklist and optional video review to assess engagement. Focus on breathing, listening, not interrupting, and mirroring tone to show you care.

Create a long-term vision for your career and learn to navigate setbacks and snap back quickly, then build a mentor board of directors from people you admire.

Navigate setbacks by learning from experience and patterns, journal insights, reframing failure as data, and pursuing alternative paths to success with resilience and long-term leadership.

Build a mentor board of directors to learn from diverse peers, not just senior leaders, and create reciprocal relationships by offering value in return.

Build a mentor board of directors from people you know. Identify admired skills like public speaking, delegation, and management, and plan ways to spend more time with them.

Invest in developing yourself to build your leadership brand, executive presence, and influence, forging a long-term career that elevates others and challenges gender stereotypes.