Cultivating Your Leadership Presence

2. Cultivating Your Leadership Presence Presented October 21, 2013 byJo MillerCEO Women’s Leadership Coaching, Inc.

3. Jo Miller @jo_miller CEO, Women’s Leadership Coaching, Inc. • Helps emerging women leaders create a roadmap for their career advancement. • A leading authority on women’s leadership, Jo delivers more than 60 speaking presentations annually to audiences of up to 1,200 women. • Helps companies cultivate a pipeline of qualified and engaged emerging women leaders. • Has traveled widely in Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East to deliver keynotes and teach workshops for women’s conferences, professional associations, and corporate women’s initiatives.

4. The Emerging Leader’s Quandary You can’t get a higher level job without leadership experience… But you can’t get leadership experience without the job.

5. Are you the best kept secret in your organization?

6. “Be famous for something!Know what is your claim to fame.” - General Manager

7. Who do you know who has created a compelling leadership brand presence for themself?

8. In This Presentation

9. IDEAL LEADERSHIP NICHE

10. The 3 essential elements for a compelling leadership brand presence

11. Your ideal leadership niche

12. Exercise: What is your ideal leadership niche?

13. Your ideal leadership niche

14. LEADERSHIP BRAND PRESENCE

15. “Be authentic about your own leadership style. Don’t try to change it.Own it. Communicate it. Put a value on it. Put a brand on it.” • Dr. RohiniAnand,SVP, Global Chief Diversity Officer, Sodexo

16. Analyst The change agent Program Director Go-to leader for corporate strategy Identifies, nurtures& catalyzes talent Collaborative leader whodelivers results

17. “Make your brand scalable.” • Krista Thomas,VP Marketing, Fan Appz

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19. Ask yourself: • Where do I want to be in 2 years? In 5 years? • What brand presence do I need to become known for now, in order to get there?

20. Your brand must evolve as you develop your career Entry-level brandsValuable contributor. Team-player. Specialist. Go-to person. Mid-level brands Strategist. Innovator. Change agent. People motivator. Project leader. Subject matter expert. Fixer. Turnaround architect. Senior-level brands Visionary. Thought leader. Leader who develops leaders. Rainmaker. Charismatic leader. Quiet Leader. Delivers results

21. Exercise: What is your leadership brand statement?

22. MAKE YOUR VALUE VISIBLE

23. Results = Reward + Recognition Results = Reward + Recognition + MAKE THEM VISIBLE

24. 5% 3 Steps to Making Your Value Visible • Work Less • Work hard on the right projects

25. Women with outstanding careers get to where they are due to a reputation for delivering results

26. “Make something great happen.No one tells you to do it by the appreciate the results.” • Nina Bhatti, Startup Founder

27. Make a Career-Defining Contribution • Showcase your brand • Demonstrate your ability to deliver valuable results • Directly support your organization’s strategic plan & goals • Improve the “bottom line” • Solve a big problem • Push the cutting edge in your field of expertise • Perform a specific, not general role (Expert track) • Expose you to a new department, function or client (Management track) • Sharpen business acumen & leadership skills • Contribute to special projects sponsored by key executives • Participate on special task forces and committees.

28. Exercise: Identify possible career-defining contributions.

29. 5% 3 Steps to Making Your Value Visible • Work Less • Work hard on the right projects • Promote your accomplishments

30. “You must self-promote in a way that is authentic to your brand.” • Helayne Angelus, Principal, Kalypso, Past President of NEW

31. When Self-Promotion Backfires

32. How to Promote Accomplishments • Present in meetings. Invite leaders. • Send out a newsletter or regular status updates • Submit article to your organization’s or your industry’s newsletter • Write a blog, or paper for publication • Share best practices • Ask to be nominated for an award • Ask a colleague to “toot your horn”, and reciprocate • Speak at conferences, on panels, in the media • Forward kudos emails with “FYI”.

33. 5% 3 Steps to Making Your Value Visible • Work Less • Work hard on the right projects • Promote your accomplishments

34. In This Presentation

35. “There is nothing untoward about being honest about what you do well. Your company cannot fully appreciate how to leverage you as a resource if the company does not have visibility into what your unique talents are. So, don't deny that of your company. Get out there. Make sure that people see you. Make certain that they know what you do well. And while you're doing that, make sure that you're lifting some other people up as you climb.”

36. Grab the PowerPoint at: www.womensleadershipcoaching.com/new

37. Cultivating Your Leadership Presence Presented October 21, 2013 Panel of Industry Leaders

38. Deana BishopVice President, Central Region Warehouse Retail Sales, Coca-Cola RefreshmentsThe Coca-Cola Company

39. Ginnie RoeglinSenior Vice President, eCommerce and PublishingCostco Wholesale Corporation

40. Donna SankerVice President, MarketingBP/ ampm

41. Teresa TurleyVice President of Human ResourcesThe Kroger Co.