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Episode 204:  Getting and Keeping Your Hands Dirty

Most leadership communication advice tells you what to say. The Presence Lab starts one move earlier, with what your body does under pressure before you say a word. It's built for executives, founders, and senior leaders who already know their material and want the room to feel it, especially when everything is riding on the next few minutes.Here's the premise underneath every episode: under real pressure, your nervous system can read a high-stakes moment as a threat. Your pace climbs, your breath shortens, your voice thins, and the message arrives as a fraction of what you built. That's physiology, not a character flaw, and it's trainable. Regulate the state first, and everything you already know how to say connects the way you meant it to.Host Dale Dixon has spent nearly 40 years in and around broadcast news, and today he's an executive communication coach and the author of Sweating Bullets. Each episode hands you named, practical tools for your next high-stakes moment: leading a board meeting, handling a media interview, delivering a keynote, navigating a difficult conversation, or showing up strong on camera. Every episode also ships with a free Field Guide, a one-page tool you can put to work the same day, at daledixon.me.If you want to strengthen your executive presence, speak with confidence when the stakes are highest, and build connection that lasts after you leave the room, welcome to The Presence Lab.

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Most leadership communication advice tells you what to say. The Presence Lab starts one move earlier, with what your body does under pressure before you say a word. It's built for executives, founders, and senior leaders who already know their material and want the room to feel it, especially when everything is riding on the next few minutes. Here's the premise underneath every episode: under real pressure, your nervous system can read a high-stakes moment as a threat. Your pace climbs, your breath shortens, your voice thins, and the message arrives as a fraction of what you built. That's physiology, not a character flaw, and it's trainable. Regulate the state first, and everything you already know how to say connects the way you meant it to. Host Dale Dixon has spent nearly 40 years in and around broadcast news, and today he's an executive communication coach and the author of Sweating Bullets. Each episode hands you named, practical tools for your next high-stakes moment: leading a board meeting, handling a media interview, delivering a keynote, navigating a difficult conversation, or showing up strong on camera. Every episode also ships with a free Field Guide, a one-page tool you can put to work the same day, at daledixon.me. If you want to strengthen your executive presence, speak with confidence when the stakes are highest, and build connection that lasts after you leave the room, welcome to The Presence Lab.

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