What if charisma isn’t something you’re born with, but something you generate through presence? In complex projects and high-stakes collaboration, people don’t follow titles — they follow clarity, calm, and credibility. Yet many leaders are taught to rely on more information, more authority, or more talking when what teams actually need is steadiness, trust, and direction. In this engaging and interactive session, Dean Hyers — former filmmaker and founder of SagePresence — reveals how leaders create followership through presence rather than performance. Drawing from his background in storytelling, directing, and coaching high-stakes project teams, Dean demonstrates how subtle shifts in body language, tone, pacing, and emotional regulation shape how others experience you in moments that matter. Participants will explore how presence influences trust across integrated project teams, how emotional states spread through a room, and how leaders can transform tension into clarity when pressure rises. Through real-world examples, live demonstrations, and guided reflection, attendees will learn practical techniques to communicate with authenticity, project calm under pressure, and lead conversations that build alignment instead of resistance. Because leadership magnetism isn’t about being the loudest voice in the room. It’s about becoming the one people choose to follow.
