#Throwback: The Truth About Executive Presence with Eleonore Eaves

In this #throwback episode of Weirdos in the Workplace, Erin interviews Eleanore Eaves, a brilliant strategist, writer, and coach, about executive presence.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction and upcoming podcast announcement
2:00 - Eleanore's background and introduction to executive presence
5:00 - Building and nurturing executive presence
9:00 - Eleanore's personal evolution and role models in leadership
13:00 - Diversity in executive positions
15:00 - Advice for accessing leadership positions
16:00 - The role of appearance in executive presence
17:00 - Closing quote and final thoughts

Key Points:
- Executive presence is about personal brand, confidence, strategic mindset, authenticity, and personal power
- It's not just about appearance, but how you present yourself as a leader
- Building executive presence requires honest self-assessment and identifying areas for improvement
- There's no one-size-fits-all approach; executive presence should be tailored to individual strengths and organizational fit
- The importance of diversity in executive roles and strategies for accessing leadership positions
- The value of finding a sponsor who speaks about you in rooms of power
- While character is crucial, appearance still plays a role in executive presence

The episode concludes with a powerful quote: "She remembered who she was, and then the game changed,"

Don't forget to stay weird, stay wonderful, and don't stay out of trouble!

Contact Eleanore Eaves: Website: eavescoaching.com

Stay tuned for Erin and Eleanore's upcoming podcast on modern leadership and decision-making!

Script

Erin: [00:00:00] Welcome my friends to yet another episode of weirdos in the workplace, the podcast that celebrates authenticity, transparency, passion, and purpose in our wacky and wonderful world today. I'm your host, Erin Patchell. And this week we're doing things a little bit differently. We are going to have a throwback episode.

Back in 2023, your favorite episode was on executive presence with Eleanor Eves, the wonderful, inspiring. Amazing. Eleanor Eves, my friend, also one of my colleagues on the ICF international coach federation, Ottawa board amazing person. And we dive into the strategic side of executive presence how to be your full self in today's complex business environments.

And I'm really even more excited to share with you that Eleanor and I are starting yet another podcast to be titled a couple months from now. We're going to be launching this and it's all about our modern [00:01:00] and complex leadership environments, how to make really hard decisions as leaders, and how to avoid the kind of herd mentality or echo chambers that, that sometimes As human beings, we can tend to fall into and really elevating the thinking and the context through which we're making really good decisions as business leaders.

So that's what we're doing. I'm really excited about that partnership. And we're just going to be dripping out a little more information leading up to the launch. And I'll leave you with a quote as I often do on Weirdos in the Workplace. This one is by Lily Tomlin, the amazing Lily Tomlin.

And Lily says, the road to success is always under construction. And isn't that true? So without further ado, stay weird, stay wonderful, and don't ever stay out of trouble.[00:02:00]

All right, folks, let's get started. So Eleanor is one of the most interesting people that I know. She's a brilliant strategist, writer, and coach. Her resume includes