Command Attention: Mastering On-Camera Authority as a Leader

The modern world, chances are you're going to be speaking to more people this way virtually than you are in traditional speeches and conferences, conventions. So we're going to do things a little bit out of the ordinary. This section is going to focus on how to really have the body language of a leader when you're communicating on camera. Further into the course, I'll talk about when you're meeting people in real life, meeting people at networking events, speeches and presentations. So let's start right out of the gate on how to convey authority as a leader when you are speaking to people on camera. Now, it's not that you have to be the best looking person in the room or on camera, but I do want you looking your best. I do want you coming across confident and authoritative. So let's start at the very beginning. How do you sit in front of the camera? I'm sitting in a very particular way right now, and it's not the most comfortable way for me. The most comfortable way for me to sit on camera would be like this. Okay, what do you notice? I'm just sitting back, relaxed. If I were in a meeting, this might be fine. But you see all of a sudden, several chins. You see what jumps out is my midsection.