The Presence Lab | Executive Communication Under Pressure
Most communication advice starts with what to say. The Presence Lab starts with what happens when a capable leader knows the material, the stakes rise, and pressure changes the way the message comes out.
This podcast is for executives, founders, and senior leaders who want to stay clear, credible, and connected in board meetings, tough Q&A, media interviews, keynotes, difficult conversations, and on camera.
Host Dale Dixon spent nearly 40 years in broadcast news and executive leadership and now coaches executives for high-stakes communication. Each episode takes one real pressure problem, explains what's happening underneath it, and gives you practical tools you can use before the next important moment.
The goal is simple: make your preparation hold up when the room gets hard.
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The Presence Lab | Executive Communication Under Pressure
Latest Episodes
Why You Get Nervous When You Know the Material Cold
You know the material. You’ve done the work. You may even be the most knowledgeable person in the room.So why do you suddenly get nervous when the stakes go up?Sometimes it isn’t a preparation problem. It’s because you quietly too...
The Read - How to Tell What a Room Actually Means
You notice the folded arms. The silence. The lack of questions. The person looking down at the table.You read the room.Then you make the dangerous leap: you decide what all of it means.In this episode of The Presence Lab...
When Your Company Screws Up: Own It, Fix It, Prevent It
How does a bad decision survive the idea, production, internal review and final approval before somebody finally says, “We shouldn’t do this”?That’s the leadership question behind the Good Good Golf and Callaway controversy.A co-b...
The Scorecard - How to Prove Your Communication Changed
You can work hard on your communication and still leave the people around you experiencing the same behavior.That’s the uncomfortable problem with self-awareness: knowing what you want to change doesn’t prove that you changed it.<...
The Hedge - How to Sound Confident When You're Challenged
You didn't lose your point. You watched yourself soften it. One skeptical look, and "we should do this" turns into "I think maybe we could look at this." For executives, founders, and senior leaders who already know their material, that reflex ...
