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Executive Presence Explained: Why Top Performers Still Get Overlooked, with Executive Coach, Jill Avey
The Diary of a CFO · 2025-12-18 · 36 min
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Executive presence is often cited as the reason leaders don’t get promoted, but rarely explained. In this episode of The Diary of a CFO , Wassia Kamon sits down with executive coach Jill Avey to unpack what executive presence actually means, why high performers get stuck at the Director or VP level, and how promotions really happen at senior levels. 00:00:00 - Welcome back! 01:16:00 - What is executive presence?
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