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Hyderabad Senior Leaders Have Two Audiences. Most Are Only Reaching One.
HITEC City is home to the Indian operations of Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and over 1,500 multinational companies. The leaders running these operations are, by almost every professional measure, exceptional. Many manage teams across four or five countries.
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I Am Unlimited: Why India's Senior Leaders Are Choosing This Executive Presence Retreat
"The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking." -- Albert Einstein I want to tell you something I have been thinking about for a long time.In over 20 years of coaching India's
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Building a Leadership Team with Collective Executive Presence: A Guide for CEOs and CHROs in India
"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships." -- Michael Jordan Ask any CEO in India what their single most important resource is, and the honest answer, for those operating with genuine strategic ambition, is their lead
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Executive Decision-Making as an Act of Executive Presence
"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing." -- Theodore Roosevelt Ask any senior leader what keeps them up at night, and somewhere in the answer is the weight of decisions: t
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Why Executive Presence Requires Mindset Work, Not Just Skills Training
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can\'t -- you are right." -- Henry Ford There is a ceiling that skills training cannot break, and I see it constantly in my Executive Presence coaching practice.A leader can be taught exactly how to
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Body Language and Executive Presence: The Non-Verbal Signals That Build Leadership Authority
"The most important thing in communication is hearing what is not said." -- Peter Drucker Researchers at UCLA found that in face-to-face communication, 55 percent of the impression we make comes from body language, 38 percent from vocal quality
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The Executive's Guide to Emotional Intelligence: Why EQ Matters More Than IQ at the CXO Level
"If your emotional abilities are not in hand, if you don\'t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can\'t have empathy and effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get ve
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Why Group Coaching Builds Executive Presence Faster Than Individual Training Alone
\"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.\" -- Helen Keller There is a particular irony in how most organisations approach Executive Presence development. Presence is, by definition, judged by other people, in front of other peop
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Why Some People Speak Less but Influence More
\"The most influential person in the room is not always the one who speaks the most. Often, it is the one whose words carry the most weight.\" -- Coach Samira GuptaHave you ever walked out of a meeting and realised that the person who made the bigge
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The Difference Between Holding a Position and Holding a Room
"Authority may get people to listen, but presence is what makes them remember." -- Coach Samira Gupta Walk into any meeting room, and you will notice something interesting.There are people with impressive titles, years of experience, and decisi
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