# Executive Presence > Sharpen how you show up in high-stakes rooms — communicate with gravitas, concision, and confidence. Use when asked to improve executive presence, prepare to present to leadership, sound more senior, command a room, or get coaching before a big meeting. Produces specific guidance — how to open, structure answers (BLUF/headline-first), handle tough questions, project calm, and the habits to drop,… - **Type:** Skill - **Install:** `agentstack add skill-mohitagw15856-pm-claude-skills-executive-presence` - **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior - **Seller:** [mohitagw15856](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/mohitagw15856) - **Installs:** 0 - **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml) - **Latest version:** 0.1.0 - **License:** MIT - **Upstream author:** [mohitagw15856](https://github.com/mohitagw15856) - **Source:** https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/plugins/pm-comms/skills/executive-presence - **Website:** https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/ ## Install ```sh agentstack add skill-mohitagw15856-pm-claude-skills-executive-presence ``` Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent. ## About # Executive Presence Skill Executive presence isn't a personality you're born with — it's a set of learnable behaviours: leading with the answer, speaking concisely, staying composed under pressure, and projecting calm conviction. This skill gives specific, actionable guidance for a particular high-stakes moment (a leadership presentation, a board Q&A, a tense meeting) — not generic "be confident" advice. ## Required Inputs Ask for these only if they aren't already provided: - **The moment** — what you're walking into (present to execs, defend a plan, answer a hostile question, lead a crisis call). - **The audience** — who's in the room, what they care about, your standing with them. - **Your goal** — the decision/impression you want, and the message. - **Your concern** — what you're worried about (rambling, nerves, getting derailed, sounding junior). ## Output Format ### Executive Presence: [the moment] **1. Lead with the answer** — for this situation, the BLUF/headline-first version: state the conclusion or ask in the first sentence, then support it. Executives want the bottom line, then the why — not a build-up to it. **2. Be concise** — the 2–3 points that matter, cut to the essential. Specific advice on what to drop. (Brevity reads as command; over-explaining reads as uncertainty.) **3. Handle the hard question** — how to field a challenge or a question you don't fully know: acknowledge, answer the part you can, commit to follow up on the rest — calmly, without defensiveness or bluffing. A prepared line for "I don't know." **4. Project calm** — concrete cues: pace (slow down, pause instead of filler), posture, owning silence, not rushing to fill gaps. How to reset if you feel flustered mid-answer. **5. Language to drop** — the hedges and minimisers that undercut you ("I just think maybe…", "does that make sense?", "sorry, quick question") and the stronger replacements. **6. The open & close** — a strong first line for the moment, and how to land the ending on the ask. ## Quality Checks - [ ] Advice is specific to the actual moment, not generic "be confident" - [ ] It coaches answer-first / BLUF structure with an example for this situation - [ ] There's a concrete plan for the hard question and for "I don't know" - [ ] Names specific hedging language to drop, with replacements - [ ] Includes calm/composure cues (pace, pauses, silence) — behaviours, not vibes - [ ] Gives a strong opening and a clear close on the ask ## Anti-Patterns - [ ] Do not give generic advice ("be more confident") — coach specific behaviours for this room - [ ] Do not bury the lead — answer-first; making execs wait for the point reads as junior - [ ] Do not bluff a tough question — calm "here's what I know, I'll confirm the rest" beats a confident wrong answer - [ ] Do not equate presence with talking more — concision and comfortable silence project more authority - [ ] Do not coach a persona — it's behaviours layered on who you are, not an act that won't survive pressure ## Based On Executive-communication practice — BLUF / Minto Pyramid (answer-first), composure under pressure, and decisive, hedge-free language. ## Source & license This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code. - **Author:** [mohitagw15856](https://github.com/mohitagw15856) - **Source:** [mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills](https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) - **License:** MIT - **Homepage:** https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/ Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above. ## Pricing - **Free** — Free ## Security capabilities Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access: - **Network access:** no - **Filesystem access:** no - **Shell / process execution:** no - **Environment & secrets:** no - **Dynamic code execution:** no *"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.* ## Versions - **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source. ## Links - Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-mohitagw15856-pm-claude-skills-executive-presence - Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/mohitagw15856 - Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse --- Listed on AgentStack — the marketplace for AI agent skills and MCP servers. 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