Emotions are a crucial part of building professional relationships that lead to new business. and not everybody is emotionally intelligent enough to naturally be able to communicate what needs to be communicated in those crucial conversations and presentations that lead to new work. This is why the job of an Emotional Sherpa — otherwise known as a Presence Champion — is so crucial.
Smart experts have valuable perspectives. And when multiple smart experts get involved in a conversation, those experts can often clash. In today’s vlog, Pete shares how Presence Champions can facilitate a conversation like this in such a way that steers away from conflict and toward collaboration.
We all agree that truth is important in our professional communication. But sometimes it can be unclear on what is and isn’t truthful.
We learn a lot about the world from stories that we take in across our lives. One of the lessons too many of us learn is that every story needs conflict. We disagree with this. You *don’t* need an antagonist in story. Everyone involved in a story can win. In today’s vlog, Pete unpacks the SagePresence philosophy of Win-Win-Win.
Congratulations — You’ve made it into a new role in your organization. Now you face the task of getting buy-in from the rest of the team in this new role.
In today’s post, Pete shares his origin story, drills into the core of his motivation for stepping up his personal presence, and asks if this motivation resonates with yours.
What happens when one person feels like they have authority over another person? In today’s vlog, Pete suggests that the need to care about your presence disappears.
The way Pete sees it, “synergy” and “unity” are absolutely crucial in today’s business world. But the words have been misused and abused over the years, so in today’s post, he attempts to clarify them and call them back into productive use.
We’ve all been on the receiving end of a message where the words didn’t line up with the delivery, but maybe we haven’t exactly processed exactly why that’s such a problem.
Interview teams want to communicate synergy to their selection community, but they often don’t know how to do it.