[djmcmath]

Two points:

1 - While leadership is a process at which I am continuing to improve, I have already survived Leadership 101. I have successfully led teams in The Real World to achieve hard goals, and have learned a lot doing it. I'm not asking "What makes a great leader?" though there are a lot of solid answers to that effect here. What I'm asking is about a hole in my leadership skill, which is portraying confidence and strength, especially at the first impression.

2 - I think that what a lot of you are suggesting is that "command presence," that ability to convey confidence, comes from long experience in leadership. In order to get it, what I really need to do is just keep leading people. Eventually, after years of continued success, I will exude confidence?

Thanks,
Dan