Speak Up: Develop Your Executive Presence & Leadership Communication Style

There is a point where powering through doesn’t work. If you feel stuck in your career trajectory, it could be you’re caught in the performance paradox. Join this fascinating conversation about what to do when working harder stops working.In this interview with Growth-Mindset expert, Eduardo Briceño, Laura highlights ways leaders can strengthen their team cultures, cultivate growth mindsets in their teams, and adapt better learning strategies.Eduardo’s book, The Performance Paradox, was just releasedSeptember, 2023.The team is the strongest cultural unit. – Eduardo BriceñoUnless you’re driving, grab your pencil ✏️ and note down these these takeaways and more!🧩How leaders can best model growth mindset for their teams🛟Are you always in the Performance Zone or the Learning Zone?💰A juicy performance anecdote from Cirque du Soleil's training center🎤You don’t learn from your mistakes unless you do this one thing🏆Ego is often the secret career saboteur, recognize the symptoms!ABOUT THIS WEEK’S GUEST:Eduardo Briceño is a global keynote speaker, facilitator, and programprovider who supports organizations in developing cultures of learning and high performance. Earlier in his career, he was the co-founder and CEO of Mindset Works, the first company to offer growth mindset development services.Previously, he was a venture capital investor with the Sprout Group. His TED Talk, How to Get Better at the Things You Care About, and his prior TEDx Talk, The Power of Belief, have been viewed more than nine million times.He is a Pahara-Aspen Fellow, a member of the Aspen Institute’s Global Leadership Network, and an inductee in the Happiness Hall of FameFOR YOU: This episode is brought to you by the Swiss Army knife ofcompelling communication, aka The Practical Guide to EffectiveCommunication by Laura Camacho. Makes a helpful gift for anyone who wants to experience success in life as communication is at least 90% of the value we bring to the table.To bring Laura Camacho to your team(s) , schedule a quick call here.See more about her work at www.speakupwithlaura.comEnjoy this episode? Please leave us a 5-start ⭐️podcast review to help others find this life-altering insight. As in karma.WIth Speak Up communication training, individuals learn to enhance their executive presence, influence and confidence, refining their communication style to increase visibility and effectiveness in promotion opportunities. By honing communication skills and fostering a trusted advisor mindset, aspiring executives cultivate mastery in public speaking to engage audiences and beat imposter syndrome.

Former C-Suite executive Tammy Alvarez shares her 'Break all the Rules' approach to boost your career. Learn how to excel in intimidating audiences, why chasing a promotion is a bad idea, how to add value in large meetings, use big meetings for internal networking, fast-track your career growth, and handle career risks.

Former TEDx Senior Speaker Coach, Jacqueline Farrington, joins Laura Camacho to discuss techniques for improving presentations, including rehearsing, staying calm during disasters, and bringing brevity and clarity for message impact. They also highlight particularities of virtual presentations and provide insights on giving a TEDx talk. Jacqueline's theatrical background and TEDx coaching experience make this a fascinating conversation.

Bob Dilenschneider is the kind of guy who does podcast interviews from his car in Manhattan while his driver pulls over for this conversation! He’s also the kind of guy who’s been rubbing shoulders with the who’s who of national and international politics, media and culture since the 1990s.Bob’s been around the block and has a sharp nose for what’s signal and what’s noise. He’s a charming, straight shooter, old school type. There is so much from our conversation, gems like...🔥What to NEVER talk about or mention💎The actual meaning behind “you’re too blunt”✅Ways to keep up with international trends & why it matters🔑A question you can use on repeat to resolve conflict🦏The country that’s about to replace China in global standing🎯Success comes from leading on the edge📣What being powerful really means todayABOUT THIS WEEK’S GUEST:Robert L. Dilenschneider formed The Dilenschneider Group in October, 1991.Headquartered in New York & Chicago, the Firm provides strategic advice and counsel to Fortune 500 companies and leading families and individuals around the world, with experience in fields from mergers and acquisitions and crisis communications to marketing, government affairs and international media.Robert Dilenschneider's latest book, The Ultimate Guide to Power & Influence [July 25, 2023; Matt Holt], is a comprehensive guide designed to help young professionals and career changers navigate these changes. Drawing from his vast experience as a PR and business consultant, Dilenschneider provides practical advice on seizing opportunities amid a crisis, managing networks, communicating effectively, and carefully curating social media to bolster your image.Dilenschneider's wisdom, drawn from his work with Fortune 500 companies and leading figures worldwide, is invaluable for anyone looking to thrive in their career.FOR YOU: This episode is brought to you by the FREE Polish Your Pitch training.Winging 🦋 it works well when chatting with your Boykin Spaniel. Not a good idea for executive meetings, job interviews, a press conference, television show appearance, meeting the Pope, or ANY sort of pitch.Pitching an idea, a collaboration, or investment is the ultimate communication skill. Invest 30 minutes of your time in this curated training, Polish Your Pitch.Yes, Polish Your Pitch on the house (no charge). You're welcome. 😎Enjoy this episode? Please leave us a 5-⭐️podcast review to help others find this life-altering insight.WIth Speak Up communication training, individuals learn to enhance their executive presence, influence and confidence, refining their communication style to increase visibility and effectiveness in promotion opportunities. By honing communication skills and fostering a trusted advisor mindset, aspiring executives cultivate mastery in public speaking to engage audiences and beat imposter syndrome.

Talking to Peggy was so much fun, Laura is planning to visit her next time she’s in New Mexico. The problem with “tooting your own horn” is that smart people tend toremember only the painful examples and develop fear of coming across as boring and/or annoying.There are actually delightful ways to talk about your accomplishments that provoke authentic and rich conversations. These have the bonus of letting people know who you really are. (Which many people will find encouraging, btw.)Being able to talk about yourself in an interesting way brings a boatload of benefits, which include helping others to do the same. People want to know about you, without the tsunami of self-revelation that traps so many.Laura and Peggy cover small talk, networking conversations, conversation tools you can use on zoom, and many other tips including these:💎How to know which of your life experiences are the most interesting to others✅Why sharing your “brag” stories makes the world a better place🔑Craft your “flyby” that makes you the most interesting person in any meeting🦏What to do if you’re not asked the question you’re prepared to answer🎯The 3 key ingredients that make any of your stories come to life📣Reasons you want to obliterate any mental stigma around braggingABOUT THIS WEEK’S GUEST:Peggy Klaus, former Warner Bros producer, is the best-selling author of "The Hard Truth About Soft Skills" (Collins, 2008) and "Brag! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It" (Warner, 2003). A regular contributor to a number of major media outlets, Peggy reaches thousands of professionals each year through hercommunication and leadership training programs, keynotes, and executive coaching at leading corporations and organizations worldwide. Not only is Peggy a major player in corporate communications but she also consults for communication and messaging for political candidates at the local, state and federal level.FOR YOU: This episode is brought to you by the FREE Polish Your Pitch training.Winging 🦋 it works well when chatting with your Boykin Spaniel. Not a good idea for executive meetings, job interviews, a press conference, television show appearance, meeting the Pope, or ANY sort of pitch.Pitching an idea, a collaboration, or investment is the ultimate communication skill. Invest 30 minutes of your time in this curated training, Polish Your Pitch.Yes, Polish Your Pitch on the house (no charge). You're welcome. 😎Enjoy this episode? Please leave us a 5-⭐️podcast review to help others find this life-altering insight.WIth Speak Up communication training, individuals learn to enhance their executive presence, influence and confidence, refining their communication style to increase visibility and effectiveness in promotion opportunities. By honing communication skills and fostering a trusted advisor mindset, aspiring executives cultivate mastery in public speaking to engage audiences and beat imposter syndrome.

Along the path of his eclectic career, Tom Jackobs picked out the high-payoff tidbits you need to craft a story that moves people to action. That’s charisma in a nutshell, and being an extrovert is NOT required. It’s about creating a teaching moment, a pitch that doesn’t sound like a pitch (because no one likes being sold to!)What you are really going to love about this episode, and I’m speaking to those whose work is related to technology and or engineering, is that Tom has a PROCESS for crafting a story that sells. What Laura and Tom really focus on is “selling” your solutions/proposals to senior leadership, how to find that story that sells the value you offer.(You should probably listen to this episode twice, just saying.)🧩What specifically makes a lot of stories boring🛟 What goes into a speaker kit and why you should create one💰The Hollywood story structure that you can adapt for your presentations🎤The best starting point for creating a new presentation (aka a “phone drop moment”)🏆 Tips for coordinating your body language to your talk delivery🔥The question you WANT your audience to ask at the end of your talkABOUT THIS WEEK’S GUEST:Tom Jackobs, now living in Taiwan, has been an entrepreneur for 30+ years.He sold his fitness business which he owned for 9 years to become the Impact Pilot, helping entrepreneurs generate more income through better sales strategy and using stories to sell.Tom has been a contributor to CBS Radio in Houston, a guest on Great Day Houston television show, Univision Television, Fox 26 News, KPRC Channel 2 and CW Houston. He is also a presenter at the Small Business Development Centre (SBDC) in Houston.Tom loves to create highly impactful stories which can move the listener to take action. Primarily to buy the product or service of the speaker. Tom helps his clients craft their impactful stories so they can grow their business.FOR YOU: This episode is brought to you by the Swiss Army knife of compelling communication, aka The Practical Guide to Effective Communication by Laura Camacho. Makes a helpful gift for anyone who wants to experience success in life as communication is about 90% of the value we bring to the table.To bring Laura Camacho to your team(s) , schedule a quick call here. See more about her work at www.speakupwithlaura.comEnjoy this episode? Please leave us a 5-start ⭐️podcast review to help others find this life-altering insight. As in karma.WIth Speak Up communication training, individuals learn to enhance their executive presence, influence and confidence, refining their communication style to increase visibility and effectiveness in promotion opportunities. By honing communication skills and fostering a trusted advisor mindset, aspiring executives cultivate mastery in public speaking to engage audiences and beat imposter syndrome.

Bonus Episode 201 Replay Laura Camacho interviewed by Laura Cox KaplanThis is for you if you ever feel like your hard work is insufficiently recognized, and/or compensated. This is also for you if you are looking for a new role and you need to speak the language that gets you hired and valued.More than ever career success comes down to how effectively you communicate not just about the work itself, the deliverables, but also the value you and your team are providing and the impact of that work on other parts of the organization.In this episode, Laura shares the secrets you need to communicate the value of your work in a way that builds visibility, influence, and impact.This episode was originally recorded for the She Said/She Said Podcast and we found so much value in this conversation we are posting it especially for the Speak Up with Laura Camacho posse!Takeaways from this chat include:🧩The kind of communication that builds influence🎤How to increase your visibility at work and why that matters🏆How different words leave different forms of impact and how to avoid the language of self sabotage🧠How introverts and extroverts process information differently🙄Why the advice to just “speak up more” isn’t particularly useful for building influence📣Beware “overthinking” when someone asks for your point of viewGet Laura Camacho’s book, The Practical Guide to Effective Communication on Amazon. EDITORIAL NOTE: Episode 201 is the repost of She Said/She Said episode hosted by Laura Cox Kaplan. FOR YOU: This episode is brought to you by the FREE Polish Your Pitch training. Winging 🦋 it works well when chatting with your Boykin Spaniel. Not a good idea for executive meetings, job interviews, a press conference, television show appearance, meeting the Pope, or ANY sort of pitch.Pitching an idea, a collaboration, or investment is the ultimate communication skill. Invest 30 minutes of your time in this curated training, Polish Your Pitch.Yes, Polish Your Pitch on the house (no charge). You're welcome. 😎 Enjoy this episode? Please leave us a 5-⭐️podcast review to help others find this life-altering insight.WIth Speak Up communication training, individuals learn to enhance their executive presence, influence and confidence, refining their communication style to increase visibility and effectiveness in promotion opportunities. By honing communication skills and fostering a trusted advisor mindset, aspiring executives cultivate mastery in public speaking to engage audiences and beat imposter syndrome.

Holy Mackerel! 🐟🐟🐟 We made it to Episode 200!! What can I say? THANK YOU THANK YOU MERCI GRACIAS.To celebrate this blue whale sized accomplishment, I’m answering ALL your questions. You don’t want to miss this one-time opportunity to learn what it takes to start a business in a brand-new category, how to have a flourishing career with 3 kids + step-daughter, how to bounce back when your most-feared event happens to you, and how I learned all these communication jewels (hint: not in PhD school!)Join the fun! 💃🏼💎⭐️♥️I also spill the tea on some of my favorite coaching sessions.Sharpen your pencils ✏️ and take down these life-altering insights:🔥What it’s like to have a coaching business💎 Advantages and disadvantages of working with family members✅ Highlights and lowlights of having your own business🔑 Most common communication problems and how to solve them🦏 What Laura wishes most people knew🎯Required actions to bounce back from things you wished had never happenedFOR YOU: This episode is brought to you by the FREE Polish Your Pitch training. Winging 🦋 it works well when chatting with your Boykin Spaniel. Not a good idea for executive meetings, job interviews, a press conference, television show appearance, meeting the Pope, or ANY sort of pitch.Pitching an idea, a collaboration, or investment is the ultimate communication skill. Invest 30 minutes of your time in this curated training, Polish Your Pitch.Yes, Polish Your Pitch is on the house (no charge). You're welcome. 😎 Enjoy this episode? Please leave us a 5-⭐️podcast review to help others find this life-altering insight.WIth Speak Up communication training, individuals learn to enhance their executive presence, influence and confidence, refining their communication style to increase visibility and effectiveness in promotion opportunities. By honing communication skills and fostering a trusted advisor mindset, aspiring executives cultivate mastery in public speaking to engage audiences and beat imposter syndrome.

This encore conversation spotlights influencer and She Said/She Said podcaster Laura Cox Kaplan (@lauracoxkaplan), who shares the EXACT small habits and stories that build influence, wins over those frozen granite hearts and scalpel sharp minds, and even the steps to get a role on corporate or nonprofit boards.Laura Cox Kaplan has forgotten more about influence than most people ever learn. Snag her proprietary influence framework and to help you navigate and better utilize whatever life throws your way!Expand your influence using these habits and story structures:🔥 How to prepare if you want to leave corporate for something more creative💎 Tales from the trenches on getting more women elected to public office✅ A useful thread to tell your story when you feel like you should be bragging on yourself (btw this means you are normal!)🔑 The word to use instead of “failure” to help you learn from it (LIFE CHANGING!)🦏 What to do if you’re ready for a board position (corporate or nonprofit)🎯 3 keys to grow influence when you don’t have a trust fund or big personality📣 Energize yourself and stand out with dopamine dressingEDITORIAL NOTE: Episode 199 is an encore episode about influence and part of a podcast exchange with fellow podcast host Laura Cox Kaplan. ABOUT THIS WEEK’S GUEST: Laura Cox Kaplan, host of the She Said/She Said podcast, is also a corporate and non-profit board member and adviser, has more than two decades of executive experience in public policy, communications, corporate governance, and stakeholder engagement in the public, private and non-profit sectors.As the Principal-in-Charge of Government, Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Laura spent a decade on the executive management team of PwC and almost 12 years managing PwC’s public policy engagement strategy, which coordinates public policy strategies across 150+ countries.Find Laura Cox Kaplan on LinkedIn and her website. FOR YOU: This episode is brought to you by the FREE Polish Your Pitch training. Winging 🦋 it works well when chatting with your Boykin Spaniel. Not a good idea for executive meetings, job interviews, a press conference, television show appearance, meeting the Pope, or ANY sort of pitch.Pitching an idea, a collaboration, or investment is the ultimate communication skill. Invest 30 minutes of your time in this curated training, Polish Your Pitch.Yes, Polish Your Pitch on the house (no charge). You're welcome. 😎 Enjoy this episode? Please leave us a 5-⭐️podcast review to help others find this life-altering insight.

It sure feels like there are unprecedented levels of turmoil on the economic/social/political landscape, with potentially legitimate concerns of how AI will change our work. Resilience is your fast track ticket to facing adversity, working with annoying people, and pivoting with finesse in your career.If you haven’t already, it’s so important for you to know what your strengths are so you can lean on them to work with more energy. You not only want to leverage your own strengths, but help those around you to know and use their strengths, to build the entire team’s engagement and performance. Russell goes through the Resilience Wheel to deconstruct this key concept into its component parts.Of course your communication skill level mirrors your current level of resilience. If you look carefully into any conversation, you can pretty accurately assess their level of resilience and respond accordingly.Fortify your leadership with resilience, using these life-altering insights:🔥The reasons you need more resilience right now (i.e. what you’re up against!)💎 The connection between your strengths and your level of resilience✅ How to look at working with your strengths against banking the money you want🔑 Your reality-based purpose goes beyond your goals and is another big source of resilience🦏 Exorcize your Imposter Syndrome by leaning into your strengths🎯 Realize that the way you get promoted affects your confidence in the role📣 Identify the strengths of each team member without the use of psychometrics.ABOUT THIS WEEK’S GUEST: Russell Harvey is THE Resilience Coach, based in the UK. He supports leaders who are “wading through treacle” (aka slogging through) to rediscover their mojo in 6 months.Russell is an approachable and open minded executive coach specializing in helping senior leaders. Russell's approach empowers individuals to reflect on their own behaviors and assumed ways of working to achieve positive changes at both strategic and personal levels.Find Russell Harvey on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/russelltheresiliencecoach/FOR YOU: This episode is brought to you by the FREE Polish Your Pitch training. Winging 🦋 it works well when chatting with your Boykin Spaniel. Not a good idea for executive meetings, job interviews, a press conference, television show appearance, meeting the Pope, or ANY sort of pitch.Sign up here: https://speak-up-with-laura.thinkific.com/courses/polish-yr-pitchPitching an idea, a collaboration, or investment is the ultimate communication skill. Invest 30 minutes of your time in this curated training, Polish Your Pitch.Yes, Polish Your Pitch on the house (no charge). You're welcome. 😎 Enjoy this episode? Please leave us a 5-⭐️podcast review to help others find this life-altering insight.