Executive Presence

Course Features
Leaders with executive presence inspire others through how they carry and express themselves in the workplace. Enhance your influence in your organization by developing professional qualities to head a confident team in an ever-changing business world.
In this two-day course, you will examine the 10 characteristics of executive presence, explore your own perceptions and presence, and learn verbal and nonverbal communication behaviors that can enhance credibility.
Through a variety of approaches including visualization, mindset development, skills acquisition, and more, learn how achieve peak performance in any situation or environment, including flexibility and adaptability.
Executive Presence can be taken as a standalone course or as a prerequisite for the Executive Certificate in Organizational Leadership.
Key takeaways
-
Power of first impressions and leadership behaviors
-
Ten characteristics of executive presence
-
Professional self-advocacy pitch
-
Augmented mental preparation
-
Self-awareness and mindfulness-based anxiety management
-
Improvisation skills
Program Details
Who should attend
- Professionals who want to improve their impact and effectiveness with others
- Functional managers who want to gain influence and authority
- Individuals identified by employers as having high potential
What you will learn
- Theory of impression management
- Key characteristics of executive presence
- Verbal and nonverbal communication skills that enhance executive presence
- Divergent problem-solving skills
- How to access and maintain peak performance
- How to manage and anticipate the unanticipated
- How to develop and deliver a professional self-advocacy pitch
Faculty
Dr. Alexa Chilcutt
Executive Education Faculty, Carey Business School
Alexa S. Chilcutt, PhD has an MA in Public Relations and PhD in Communication and Information Sciences from The University of Alabama. With public relations work experience as a development director and spokesperson, previous research focused on impression management theory, organizational crisis management tactics, and leadership and team communication.
Alexa serves as the faculty lead for Johns Hopkins Carey Business School's Executive Education Business Communication Certificate program, and provides corporate custom training on the topics of interpersonal communication, impression management/executive presence, and professional public speaking skills.
Dr. Chilcutt served as an associate professor of Communication Studies and the director of the Public Speaking program at The University of Alabama from 2010 to 2021. Publications include “Engineered to Speak: Helping You Create and Deliver Engaging Technical Presentations” for Wiley Press’ IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Series; articles in Public Relations Journal, Workplace Health & Safety, MedEdPORTAL, Journal of American Dental Association (JADA), the National Association of General Dentistry’s Impact Magazine, and Georgia Academy of General Dentistry's Explorer Magazine.
Carl DuPont
Executive Education Faculty, Carey Business School
Carl DuPont is an artist, innovator, and educator with a creative approach to improving peak performance for individuals, organizations, and communities. He leverages his expertise to implement strategic initiatives at the intersections of communications, diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and sustainability. This includes training, programming, and talent acquisition, executive presence, and utilizing holistic evidence-based solutions for organizations. His scalable strategies have been tailored to clients ranging from small cultural institutions to Fortune 100 companies.
DuPont’s unique approach draws on his experience as an international performer and published author, as well as his curiosity as a life-long learner to make the aspirational actionable. Highlights of a dynamic career include an internship in the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine Otolaryngology Department, published articles in The Laryngoscope and the Voice and Speech Review, and appearances in a recurring role on the German soap opera, Unter Uns. He has created artistic and scholarly presentations for venues in Mexico City, Salzburg, Rome, Stockholm, New York, and Miami. Most recently, the John F. Kennedy Center’s Washington National Opera tapped him to re-design and co-lead their national summer opera initiative focused on blending citizen artistry with elite training for high-school aged students.
An associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University, he delivers interactive workshops in the Carey Business School’s Executive Education department and one-on-one applied vocal instruction at the Peabody Institute. At Peabody, he developed a course on art song by African American composers, co-chaired the Culturally Inclusive Task Force, and served on the Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. His efforts recently helped recruit the most diverse and highest-ranked student body in the school’s history; he is also a part of the team that earned a $1 million dollar grant to create the Pathways to PhD/DMA program. He achieved JHU’s Diversity Recognition Award in 2021 for his outstanding contributions in this area.
DuPont earned his Bachelor of Music degree at Eastman School of Music, his Master of Music degree at Indiana University, and his Doctor of Musical Arts the University of Miami. He has earned certificates in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace from the University of South Florida; and Management Development and Financial Management, both from Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. He regularly sub-contracts with Diaz Inclusion Consulting and is the founder and CEO of DuPont Consulting, LLC.
At A Glance
Course Details
Upcoming Courses
In-Person: January 31 & February 1-2, 2024 (9:00am-4:00pm) | Register