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Use presentations to project leadership

Use presentations to project leadership

From the course: Building Your Visibility as a Leader

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Use presentations to project leadership

- There's a big emphasis in most corporations on teams. But in order to be seen as a leader, you need to be seen apart from your team and giving speeches is a great way to do this, and to demonstrate your leadership qualities. Making a speech is a way to be seen as an authority in front of your coworkers and managers, or to be seen by leaders across your industry. On a stage, you stand alone and you stand out. When you give a speech, you're seen as a leader. Part of that is the spotlight effect. All eyes are quite literally on you. And you're seen as a leader because the company or group that's asked you to speak is giving you a third party endorsement. If you're speaking from the stage, people will believe that you've been vetted to speak. And they'll see you as an expert, an authority, and a leader. If you seek them out, there are lots of opportunities to give presentations or speeches for your team, your office, your…

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