Lightning Lessons

The Secret Sauce of Executive Presence

Hosted by Myra Deshmukh

Wed, Oct 1, 2025

11:30 PM UTC (45 minutes)

Virtual (Zoom)

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What you'll learn

The Recipe

Learn the simple, practical formula for executive presence and clear steps to strengthen it

Clear Communication

Discover simple ways to structure your message so it comes out easily and lands effectively

Tips & Tricks

Practice small shifts that help you capture attention, earn trust, and influence more effectively

Why this topic matters

Executive presence and strong communication skills are critical to your career development - whether you're presenting to senior leaders, speaking up in meetings, handling tough questions on the spot, or influencing a cross-functional team. In this session, you’ll learn the simple but powerful habits that elevate your executive presence. Walk away with quick wins you can use the very next day.

You'll learn from

Myra Deshmukh

Founder of Leadership Lab & Previously at Amazon, Gap, Wharton

Myra is the founder of the Leadership Lab, providing workshops, trainings, and 1:1 coaching to companies and individuals. A core focus of the Leadership Lab is Communication Skills. Myra believes that communication is the one skill you need to invest in to drive your career forward.


Myra has over 17 years of experience in marketing, content strategy, product launches, and learning & development at Amazon and the Gap. Specifically, Myra gleans insights from her 10+ years at Amazon where she led high-performing teams through ambiguous and ever-evolving circumstances, hired, performance-managed, promoted, and coached hundreds of professionals as a manager and an interview bar raiser, wrote and presented hundreds of docs, and taught thousands on how to write better, communicate more effectively, and influence without authority.


When she realized her Amazon org needed more hands-on training to write better docs and influence more effectively, she stood up a L&D team to do just that. Her approach is rooted in cutting the fluff and providing practical, easy-to-implement ways to apply learning and see noticeable results. The employee demand and satisfaction spoke to the effectiveness of this approach. She is excited to now bring her learnings to more people and organizations!

Previously at

Leadership Lab
Amazon
GAP
The Wharton School

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