Cultivating Your Leadership PresencePresented October 21, 2013 by Jo MillerCEOWomen’s Leadership Coaching, Inc.

Jo MillerCEO, 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.

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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.

Are you the best kept secret in your organization?

“Be famous for something!

Know what is your claim to fame.”

- General Manager

Who do you know who has created a compelling

leadership brand presence for themself?

In This Presentation

Identify your ideal leadership niche

Cultivate your leadership brand presence

Make your value visible

IDEAL LEADERSHIP NICHE

The 3 essential elements for a compelling leadership brand presence

Your ideal leadership niche

What are you passionate

about?

What does your

company/ industry need

and value?

What are your leadership

strengths and talents?

Exercise: What is your ideal leadership niche?

What are you passionate

about?

What does your

company/ industry need

and value?

What are your leadership

strengths and talents?

Your ideal leadership niche

LEADERSHIP BRAND PRESENCE

“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. Rohini Anand,SVP, Global Chief Diversity Officer, Sodexo

AnalystThe change agent

Program DirectorGo-to leader for corporate strategy

Identifies, nurtures & catalyzes talent

Collaborative leader whodelivers results

“Make your brand scalable.”

- Krista Thomas,VP Marketing, Fan Appz

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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?

Your brand must evolve as you develop your careerEntry-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

Exercise: What is your leadership brand

statement?

MAKE YOUR VALUE VISIBLE

Results = Reward + Recognition

Results = Reward + Recognition+ MAKE THEM VISIBLE

3 Steps to Making Your Value Visible

1) Work Less 2) Work hard on the right projects

5%

Women with outstanding careers get to where they are

due to a reputation for

delivering results

“Make something great happen.

No one tells you to do it by the appreciate the

results.”

- Nina Bhatti, Startup Founder

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.

Exercise: Identify possible career-defining contributions.

3 Steps to Making Your Value Visible

1) Work Less 2) Work hard on the right projects3) Promote your accomplishments

5%

“You must self-promote in a way that is authentic to

your brand.”

- Helayne Angelus, Principal, Kalypso, Past President of NEW

When Self-Promotion Backfires

• It’s not authentic to their brand.x• They’re promoting the person not the

accomplishment.x• They’re not promoting in a way that the

team culture rewards or recognizes.x

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”.

3 Steps to Making Your Value Visible

1) Work Less 2) Work hard on the right projects3) Promote your accomplishments

5%

In This Presentation

Identify your ideal leadership niche

Cultivate your leadership brand presence

Make your value visible

“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.”

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Cultivating Your Leadership PresencePresented October 21, 2013

Panel of Industry Leaders

Deana Bishop Vice President, Central Region Warehouse Retail Sales, Coca-Cola RefreshmentsThe Coca-Cola Company

Ginnie RoeglinSenior Vice President, eCommerce and PublishingCostco Wholesale Corporation

Donna SankerVice President, Marketing BP/ ampm

Teresa TurleyVice President of Human ResourcesThe Kroger Co.