Delivery and presence, further
Authority presence
Communicate from the authority you actually hold.
The gapHolding the responsibility and speaking from below it.
When to use it
In the area where you are genuinely the right person to decide.
What you need
Somebody to challenge you once the softening is gone.
The steps
- Identify where you have legitimate authority.
- Record how you normally communicate about it.
- Identify the excessive apology, the hesitation, the over qualification and the permission seeking.
- Remove only the unnecessary weakening.
- State the position directly.
- Support it with reasoning.
- Invite the challenge.
- Respond without retreating and without overcompensating.
You know it worked when
Appropriate authority rather than dominance.
What else it works, and why
- Intent
- You must know what you legitimately hold.
- Message
- Authority is expressed through positions, decisions and reasoning.
- Delivery
- Voice and body carry authority.
- Connection
- Authority has to coexist with respect rather than become dominance.
Which drill is yours, in what order and at what dose, is not something a page can tell you. That is what a Discovery Call is for.
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