Here's what they don't teach you: leadership isn't won on results alone. It's won in the room before you speak. In the story people tell when you leave. In the image that lingers long after the metrics fade. Présence is where we explore the things that shape influence—not what you do, but how you're remembered for doing it.
How Leaders Tell Their Story
How Leaders Tell Their Story
Policies Fade. Presence Doesn't.
Consider this.
Years from now, most people won't remember Jacinda Ardern's specific policies. What they'll remember is how she made them feel—the hijab after Christchurch, the calm in her voice, the sense that someone genuinely cared. That's not spin. That's présence. The impression she left became more powerful than any policy document ever could. Her brand outlived her tenure. That's the point.
What impression are you leaving behind?
Words Worth Sitting With
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![A man with glasses and short hair smiling, wearing a black shirt against a dark blue background.]()
“Innovation distinguishes oneself between a leader and a follower.”
Steve Jobs
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![A woman with shoulder-length dark hair wearing a white top against a dark background.]()
“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence.
Sheryl Sandberg
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![A portrait of an elderly woman with short, styled gray hair, wearing a dark green, textured jacket and small hoop earrings, against a neutral background.]()
“People will forget what you said or did but never how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou
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“Leadership is taking care of those in your charge, not taking charge."
Simon Sinek
