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Have you ever walked out of an executive meeting knowing you demonstrated your expertise—yet still wondered why senior leaders don’t seem to view you as strategic?
At the senior level, knowing the details and delivering great work are no longer enough. If you’re constantly explaining what happened, sharing more data, and giving extensive context while someone else turns that information into “what this means,” you may be caught in the Strategy Gap.
In today’s episode you’ll discover:
🔥 How to recognize when you’re communicating like an expert instead of an executive
🎯 Why adding more data and detail can actually make you appear less strategic
🔑 How to communicate your judgment so CEOs, boards, and senior leaders experience you as someone who can shape decisions
Play this episode to learn how to close the Strategy Gap and turn the expertise you already have into the executive-level judgment and influence that earns you a stronger voice at the table.
If you're listening to this thinking:
Laura, this is exactly what happens to me.
I know I'm strategic. I know I understand the business.
But sometimes what comes out of my mouth doesn't reflect the level of thinking happening inside my head...
That's exactly the kind of work I do with senior leaders inside Executive Presence Mastery.
If this episode felt a little too familiar, go to the show notes and click here to book an EPMS Discovery Call. I’d love to show you how Executive Presence Mastery can help you close your Strategy Gap and take your influence to the next level.
To learn more visit www.speakupwithlaura.com. New Speak Up podcast episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday early in the morning.
The Speak Up Podcast helps high-performing professionals develop executive presence through strategic communication, executive confidence, and leadership influence. Each episode provides practical strategies to help you speak up in meetings, communicate with senior leaders, present ideas with clarity, build executive visibility, strengthen your leadership presence, influence without authority, stop overexplaining, answer difficult questions with confidence, and become a trusted executive leader.
Whether you're preparing for your next Vice President promotion or looking to communicate with greater credibility and gravitas, you'll learn actionable executive communication skills that accelerate career growth.
Topics covered in this episode:
- How to speak up in executive meetings
- Executive Influence
- How to communicate with senior leadership
- How to develop executive presence
- How to be seen as VP material
- How to influence executives
- How to stop overexplaining at work
- How to answer executive questions concisely
- How to handle pushback from senior leaders
- How to increase visibility with leadership
- Director-to-VP transition
