From the course: Developing Executive Presence
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Getting things done
- Here's the third key thinking pattern category for executive presence, how you think about getting things done. We'll cover three lines of thought, and for each one, I want you to assess yourself. When do you tend to be on the low-presence side of the pattern, or the high-presence side? That way you'll have improvement steps you can take starting right away. Here's the first low-presence pattern. I focus almost exclusively on getting results. Now it's crucial to drive for results, but a common blind spot for hard-driving leaders is the damage they do to their relationships and reputation. That leads to the high-presence alternative. I focus on going for great results in ways that also strengthen my relationships and reputation. Your performance results often come from your people results and your performance problems often come from your people problems. That's professional maturity, knowing you must inspire trust, loyalty and confidence in others and that it's at stake in every…
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