When a manager, receives feedback to work on their leadership and executive presence they often work on improving their communication skills.
That is helpful, but not enough.
Executive presence is about how you show up with others.
To elevate how you show up, you work on communication skills.
In particular if you work on the the intent, the content and the style of your communication, you will undoubtedly see gains in your influence and impact.
But for leadership presence you do much more.
✏︎You refine your self-awareness of who you are and more importantly how you are perceived by others.
✏︎Through practice you build the ability to self-manage in difficult conversations and situations.
✏︎You develop clarity and conviction with what gives you purpose and meaning in life.
✏︎You develop highly attuned empathic listening skills, to better understand the thoughts and feelings of others.
To build leadership presence you must work not just on your communication skills but also your self-leadership skills.
Executive presence is about how you show up; leadership presence is about who you are.