585: Functional Leaders Exude Strong Executive Presence and Influence When Staying Connected To THIS Indispensable Conversation

Know Your Own Executive Presence Strengths & Opportunities:Click here to pinpoint the specific area in your executive presence that’s keeping you invisible to senior leadership and guarantees you stay working hard as a pack mule who never gets promoted. Do you feel overlooked in those executive leadership or board meetings even though you’re highly capable and prepared?Many high-performing professionals believe executive presence comes naturally with promotions, expertise, or confidence. But this episode reveals why influence is actually built through business fluency, strategic communication, emotional resilience, and meaningful contribution in the room — especially for introverts, technical experts, and thoughtful leaders.By the end of this deep conversation with Janice Kapner you’ll know:🚀How to build executive presence when you don’t have major P&L responsibility🎯The kind of strategic questions that create more influence than perfect answers🏆How senior leaders evaluate credibility, business thinking, and leadership readinessPress play to learn the practical communication shifts that help respected professionals become trusted executive-level contributors.To learn more visit www.speakupwithlaura.com. New Speak Up podcast episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday early in the morning.About our guest:Janice Kapner is the former Chief Communications & Corporate Responsibility Officer at T-Mobile, where she spent more than a decade working closely with CEOs, boards, and senior leadership teams during periods of rapid growth, transformation, and high-stakes decision-making, including the largest telecom merger in U.S. history.Throughout her career, Janice has operated in roles where influence mattered more than formal authority, advising leaders, shaping strategy, and helping organizations move forward without owning revenue or operations. That perspective gives her a practical, behind-the-scenes view of how leadership actually works inside large, complex enterprises.In Speak Up communication and executive presence coaching, high performing leaders and executives learn to enhance their 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 and beat imposter syndrome. Your leadership becomes more strategic and inspiring.This episode provides insight on the following:Executive leadership and influence at the CEO and board levelHow leaders drive alignment and accountability across matrixed organizationsNavigating transformation, M&A, and change without losing trust or credibilityThe role of communication in leadership, governance, and decision-makingWhat it means to lead through uncertainty when stakes are high, and outcomes matter