by Lisa Parker | Oct 4, 2019 | communication skills, emotional intelligence, Leadership, Listening skills, Presence
Likeability, Presence, and Leadership I’ve been coaching a serious-minded young executive on the value of likeability. A few days ago, inspired by that conversation, I started to write this article on likeability, and was thrilled to see that the Wall Street...
by Lisa Parker | Sep 17, 2019 | Ask the Coach
Dear Coach, Recently I overheard two of my colleagues discussing a project and one person was being openly critical of the other. It was really difficult to listen to what I considered to be a humiliating exchange for the recipient. The speaker was being overly harsh....
by Lisa Parker | Sep 3, 2019 | emotional intelligence, Presence, Reputation
Executive presence is the ability to project certain “executive qualities” such as confidence, grace under pressure, courage, and decisiveness, combined with important skills like effective communication and the ability to read an audience or situation and...
by Lisa Parker | Aug 1, 2019 | emotional intelligence, preparation
It’s well known that our moods are contagious. In fact, Googling “contagious emotions research” yielded 6,360,000 hits! And while the research continues to explore why we pick up on others’ emotions, there is no doubt that we do. Therefore, as...
by Lisa Parker | Jun 12, 2019 | communication skills, confidence, Leadership, Presentation Skills
Remember playing Make Believe as a child? For that moment, you really believed you were a pirate or a superhero or a fairy with wings. Now, let’s be adult about this! But wait…Have you sat in a theater watching a really well done movie or play, and when...
