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You're listening to Women at Work from Harvard Business Review.
I'm Amy Bernstein.
Welcome to season four of the Essentials.
This is a series in which Amy G.
And I cover key career skills by bringing together experts in those skills with audience members who are looking to get better at them.
The thing we like about grounding these episodes and the specifics of individual women's experience is how it makes management principles less theoretical and practical advice more realistic, not only for that one woman participating in the conversation, but for all our listeners in all sorts of industries here at hbr.
I'm a vice president, and I'm pretty confident that I come across as a leader.
But a couple of jobs back, say 15 years ago, I had an executive title.
And yet, according to my boss at the time, I didn't act the part.
In fact, she told me so.
She said, amy, you need to work on your executive presence.
I was baffled.
I had no idea what she was referring to.
I ran back to my office and I googled executive presence.
I realized what she was talking about.
I was reticent.
I rarely put myself forward, and I behaved as if I was waiting for someone to give me permission to step up.