Welcome back to the Look and Sound of Leadership, an ongoing series of

executive coaching tips designed to help you be perceived in the workplace

the way you want to be perceived.

I'm Tom Henschel, your executive coach,

and today we're talking about

video feedback and executive Presence.

Anna Lena wanted my help and she was very specific about her ask.

A longtime listener of my podcast, Anna Lena wanted me to review some tapes of her presenting,

then meet and share my notes with her.

On the phone, she told me, I have more and more opportunities to speak, I need to get better. The good news, well, good

for you, maybe not so good for me, is that everything we do here gets taped. Our people are

all over the globe, so all our staff presentations are taped. There's lots of me you can see.

I asked you said watching yourself on tape isn't good news for you why is that?

Oh you know she said Nobody likes watching themselves on tape. But you'll watch with me? I asked.

If I have to, she said, I'm afraid so, I said. And maybe, just maybe I can get you to not hate watching yourself on video quite so much

Don't count on that she said

After our call her IT group sent me videos of her presenting.

Anna Lena was pleasant to watch.

I noticed two things she might improve.

I felt she could lift her eyes up off the page more while speaking, and I felt she could lift her eyes up off the page more while speaking and I felt she

could end her sentences more firmly but in general Anna Lena's presentation

skills were fine. In person I found Anna Lena to be hardworking and to the point brief and targeted.

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