Welcome to a bonus episode of Leave Your Mark.

After last night's presidential debate, I felt I needed to come on here and share with you three

takeaways that you're not going to hear anywhere else.

And if you follow me on Instagram, you might know that I do a little late night TV show

called The Daily Salad.

Well, this is quite the salad.

Live from the White House. You don't need me to walk you through what happened last night. There are a million people doing commentary

on that. What I am going to do, though, is tell you how what happened last night is something

you can learn from and apply to your career. For those of you new here, I'm

Elisa Lict. I'm an award-winning marketer, two-time author of Leave Your Mark and On-Brand,

host of Leave Your Mark podcast, and personal branding expert. And today, we're going to talk

about three things from the debate last night. Executive presence, modeling behavior,

and the hat tip. So what is executive presence anyway? Executive presence, modeling behavior, and the hat tip. So what is executive presence

anyway? Executive presence is a multi-dimensional skill that combines personality and character

traits to create a dynamic leader. And something very important about executive presence,

it's the ability to inspire others

to be confident and assertive in their roles and to communicate and engage them to follow a clear

vision. In my book on brand, I detail the seven tenets of executive presence. Composure, connection, charisma, confidence, credibility,

clarity, and conciseness. So last night, we can all agree that President Biden didn't have

executive presence. So it's not just the skills that you have. It's about your ability to deliver

the message. Switching gears

over to President Trump, he employed modeling behavior and the hat tip. Now, he was very different

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