Speak Up: Develop Your Executive Presence & Leadership Communication Style
Laura Camacho
🏆 Ranked #1 Business Communication Podcast by Million Podcasts
Do you often feel sidelined in discussions, wanting to speak up and have more influence?
Ever experience that you say something in a meeting and then it seems like people maybe are still not getting what you’re saying?
Do you need more executive presence in high stakes meetings?
Discover tactics to confidently assert yourself and make your ideas count on Speak Up, the podcast for high-performing introverts and ambiverts.
You'll learn:
1. Visibility Strategies from the art of persuasion, ensuring your voice is heard and respected in meetings and sought after for key projects
2. How to expand your influence, to reclaim your recognition, get green lights, and avoid your ideas being taken credit for by others
3. How to develop your confidence, to participate actively in senior leadership and executive meetings and beyond
Host Laura Camacho, with 20 years of coaching experience, guides high-performing professionals to express their ideas clearly and build executive presence.
Tune in every Monday for a 10-minute executive communication skill, Wednesdays for a half-hour industry leader interview, and Fridays for a 8 to 10-minute charisma or leadership tip from leading personalities like JK Rowling and Elon Musk.
If you're ready to move forward in your career, listen to Speak Up episode 390: These 12 Science-Backed Charisma Tactics Skyrocket Executive Presence & Leadership Impact: https://pod.fo/e/2c2b5e
Do you often feel sidelined in discussions, wanting to speak up and have more influence?
Ever experience that you say something in a meeting and then it seems like people maybe are still not getting what you’re saying?
Do you need more executive presence in high stakes meetings?
Discover tactics to confidently assert yourself and make your ideas count on Speak Up, the podcast for high-performing introverts and ambiverts.
You'll learn:
1. Visibility Strategies from the art of persuasion, ensuring your voice is heard and respected in meetings and sought after for key projects
2. How to expand your influence, to reclaim your recognition, get green lights, and avoid your ideas being taken credit for by others
3. How to develop your confidence, to participate actively in senior leadership and executive meetings and beyond
Host Laura Camacho, with 20 years of coaching experience, guides high-performing professionals to express their ideas clearly and build executive presence.
Tune in every Monday for a 10-minute executive communication skill, Wednesdays for a half-hour industry leader interview, and Fridays for a 8 to 10-minute charisma or leadership tip from leading personalities like JK Rowling and Elon Musk.
If you're ready to move forward in your career, listen to Speak Up episode 390: These 12 Science-Backed Charisma Tactics Skyrocket Executive Presence & Leadership Impact: https://pod.fo/e/2c2b5e
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Mar 31, 2022 • 50min
E 148: Time to Unmute Yourself & Overcome Imposter Syndrome with Heather Hansen
Today's Tedx speaker guest is based in Singapore and works leaders all over the globe. California native, Heather Hansen, helps top leaders show up, speak up, and inspire action during change. She focuses on fostering unmuted communication cultures where every voice is heard, resulting in greater inclusion, and innovation across remote and global teams.Laura and Heather talked about accents, Tedx talks, immigration, living abroad, dealing with intimidation and so much more. Here are some of the fascinating tidbits:- The linguistic bias no one talks about- How people muting themselves long pre-dates Covid- Tips on giving a Tedx talk- Tapping into the power of authentic adaptability- Why perfection is not a good communication goalHeather's book, "Unmuted", is available spring, 2022. For more information on Dr. Camacho's work with communication and culture, visit www.mixonian.com
Mar 24, 2022 • 43min
E 147: Get Beyond Change Fatigue with Lizabeth Wesely-Casello
Today's guest expert, Lizabeth Wesely-Casello, is the Founder and CEO of L-12 Services; a Washington DC firm focused on internal communications and organizational development. Her consultancy focuses on workflow and process improvements, and culture. She is a big believer in the untapped power of leveraging institutional knowledge.
In this change-focused episode, Lizabeth and Laura chat about the realities of working post-Covid. Here are just a few of the juicy takeaways:
- Dealing with the reality of change fatigue
- Ways to leverage your deep institutional knowledge
- When Millennials mentor Genx leaders
- The role of bias in culture building
- Thoughts on leveraging the ecosystem at work
For fresh insight into the relationship between communication practices and the culture, please visit www.mixonian.com
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Mar 16, 2022 • 14min
E 146: Executive Presence Explained - Speak with More Impact
More clients ask me about Executive Presence than any other topic. Learn all you need to know to embody the correct level of executive presence in this 3-part mini-series on Executive Presence Explained.
When you don’t say anything at a meeting, the assumption is you have nothing to say. If you seriously want to raise your Executive Presence quotient, start speaking up and adding value at every meeting.
In this episode, Laura teaches you how to speak with more impact, so that others can't take credit for your winning ideas. The specific takeaways include:
- If you dread speaking up in a meeting where you feel intimidated, learn exercises that train your brain to relax
- Learning to "sell it before you tell it" makes anything you say land with greater impact and makes it far more difficult for others to ignore you
- Speaking with structure makes it easier for the audience to retain and remember your helpful message.
Learn even more communication goodness from Dr. Camacho at www.mixonian.com. Be sure to sign up for her weekly communication tips.
Mar 9, 2022 • 17min
E 145: Executive Presence Explained - Build Your Foundation
Why do so many people ask me about executive presence?
• Executive Presence is hyper contextual. That means while probably most of the time you show up on point with all engines firing, this episode series is for those executive or other high-stakes meetings where your stomach swirls into soft jello.
• It affects career success. One Center for Talent Innovation study found that Executive Presence accounts for 26% of the reason people get promoted.
In this 3-part mini-series, Laura does a deep dive into the essence of Executive Presence.
This episode covers how to build a strong foundation for your own executive presence. Foundational elements of executive presence include:
- Being clear on your purpose and the value you add to the table
- Bringing a useful mindset to the meeting or conversation
- Getting your body language in alignment with your purpose.
To learn more useful communication tools, visit www.mixonian.com
Mar 3, 2022 • 18min
E 144: Executive Presence Explained - What it is and why it matters
Why do so many people ask me about executive presence?
• Executive Presence increases your impact. Regardless of how long you have worked in leadership, a strong executive presence makes it more likely that others will listen to your ideas and present you with fresh leadership opportunities.
• It affects career success. One Center for Talent Innovation study found that Executive Presence accounts for 26% of the reason people get promoted.
In this 3-part mini-series, Laura does a deep dive into the essence of Executive Presence.
This episode covers what executive presence actually looks like, what behaviors do not indicate that a person has executive presence, and how you can start building your own executive presence.
To learn more useful communication tools, visit www.mixonian.com.
Feb 16, 2022 • 47min
E 143 Better Decisions & Faster Problem Solving When You Work with Toxic People In Leadership with Sarah K Ramsey
Did you ever see a connection between working with toxic people, making better decisions, and solving problems faster? Today is the day you learn from Laura’s conversation with Sarah K Ramsey, who helps people become Toxic Person Proof through creative communication and solution-based thinking. Get the juicy scoop on navigating high conflict personalities so you can recover quicker, get back to performing at your best, and avoid toxic person burnout.In this High Performance Even when Working with Toxic People edition of the Speak Up podcast, Sarah shares tips to recalibrate your thinking so that you’re able to solve problems faster and avoid getting stuck in the mire of a toxic workplace.Catch and leverage any of our diamond-studded wisdom bombs including these:- Over 47 million people quit their jobs in 2021. It wasn’t because of the money.- Narcissism is trending. Find out why and what to do about it.- Gravity is here to stay. Avoid getting stuck trying to solve problems related to gravity.- The many upsides to having a victim mentality- Learn a 3-step process for getting out of your head and moving forward.For information on how Laura Camacho, Ph.D. and Culture Fixer, can help your company with her highly-engaging workshops, visit www.mixonian.com
Jan 12, 2022 • 41min
E 142: Communication Skills To Drive Your Career Forward With Ed Evarts
Ed Evarts is founder and president of Boston-based Excellius Leadership Development, He works with successful leaders to increase their self-awareness so they can manage themselves more productively.Listen to Laura and Ed chat about how more strategic communication practices can propel your career forward. Specific takeaways include the following:- How to cultivate a more positive relationship with your boss- The essential questions you need to ask yourself first- A tip to deliver more effective presentations- When you should put on the brakes- How people without self-awareness actually succeed at workEd's latest book is "Drive Your Career: 9 High-Impact Ways to Take Responsibility for Your Own Success"For additional secret weapons on using communication to build your team and your culture, visit www.mixonian.com.
Dec 20, 2021 • 35min
E 141: Connect To The Core With Teresa Easler
Teresa is ALL about getting things done through effective communication. Her specialty is helping people connect more effectively with their audience
As a leading Business Strategist and founder of Connect to the Core, Teresa shares with Laura her best tools to communicate your point of view, gain influence, and authentically connect with others.
In this episode learn insider secrets like these:
- The 2 MOST important elements in communication
- The best way to deal with communication anxiety
- How to handle ramblers (!!!)
- The mindset you need to succeed
- What it means to be articulate
Enjoy this episode! Please leave a 5-star review. For additional communication mastery, visit www.mixonian.com.
Dec 14, 2021 • 41min
E 140: Practical Steps To Be SuperBold With Executive Presence With Fred Joyal
Speaking and communication skills were already tough to develop - adding social isolation to the mix made it even more challenging! Everyone is feeling rusty these days... and social awkwardness is on the uptick.Laura's guest in this episode, LA-based Fred Joyal, went from being a “former shy guy” to empowered - appearing in stand-up and improv comedy. He founded one of the most successful dental marketing companies in the nation, and even once beat Sir Richard Branson in chess!Listen and start becoming superbold yourself with gems like these:- Why you never need to feel embarrassed- How to approach a person you feel is out of your league- How your being bold helps others- The first step to becoming a more courageous person- The many payoffs from raising your superboldness quotientFred's latest book is "Superbold: from under-confident to charismatic in 90 days." Download his free boldness exercises at www.fredjoyal.comFor more culture-building communication visit www.mixonian.com
Dec 7, 2021 • 46min
E 139: Decode Body Language for Zoom with Martin Brooks, author and body language trainer
Learn to decode what people convey through body language. Gestures can reveal the thoughts and feelings behind someone’s words — including deception, connection, nervousness, and confidence. Martin's body language analysis has been aired on the BBC, LBC Radio, and the Discovery Channel
The value in understanding messages transmitted by body language comes from being able to use that knowledge to make better decisions in our personal and professional lives. Body language provides real-time feedback about whether our message is resonating so that we can adjust our own communication techniques. Body gestures also reveal whether someone is making a power play, whether a person can be trusted, and whether someone has confidence or not
In this conversation Martin drops so many wisdom bombs including these:
- How to quickly spot narcissism in a conversation
- 3 gestures that indicate confidence
- What it means that "motion drives emotion" in your speaking
- Ways you can use body language to reduce Zoom fatigue.
- A quick way to raise your energy when feeling down
For more communication savvy visit www.mixonian.com.
