The Hidden Factor: Executive Presence Unknown - 2011

Sally Williamson is the president and founder of Sally Williamson & Associates, a communications consulting firm. She is a trusted resource for developing leaders worldwide. For more than three decades Sally has coached C-level executives, taught workshops for mid-level managers, and created leadership development programs for high-potential employees.

Her expertise is spoken communications, and her passion is helping leaders at all levels become
compelling communicators. Sally is a recognized expert on Executive Presence and published her first book, The Hidden Factor: Executive Presence, in 2011. She has published three other books (Leading Executive
Conversations and Storylines & Storytelling: What They Remember and Repeat), with her
latest book being Disrupted! How to Reset Your Brand & Your Career that she wrote with her
son, Hurst.

Sally is also the host of SW&A's podcast, What's Your Story, which features business leaders
and industry experts exploring how they use storytelling to influence and connect with their
audiences.

Sally Williamson & Associates works with Fortune 500 companies to develop leaders at all
levels and to strengthen communication influence and impact across an organization. This is
done through training programs and coaching that builds on two fundamental components
of effective communication - content and style. Sally specializes in personal brand and impressions, executive presence, storyline and message development, executive visibility and conversations, storytelling, building credibility with the media, delivering effective feedback, team influence and motivation, and transition and change management.