Click here if: You’re a senior leader who’s finally ready to level up, speak up, get recognised and nail that promotion…and you want to work with Laura Camacho to build your Executive Presence in the next 90 days.

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. Download the Executive Presence Scorecard assessment.

In today’s episode you’ll discover how this absolutely normal and common approach to executive presence is a major turn off for senior leaders.

Whether you’re a new manager, a technical expert stepping into leadership, or just someone who struggles to feel supremely confident communicating up the chain, this episode is packed with clarity and practical strategies. You’ll hear exactly how to find your voice, project executive presence, and stop feeling like you have to prove yourself all the time.

By the end of today’s episode with guest James Turk you’ll know:

🚀The #1 communication mistake rookie leaders make—and how to fix it

🧩How to deliver tough messages when you’re not fully confident or in agreement with the message

🔑Ways to build influence and charisma without pretending to be someone you’re not

If you want to lead with more confidence, clarity, and connection—especially when stakes are high—press play and start learning what really works from day one.

If you’d like to assess your own communication through an Executive Presence checklist I created, it's waiting for you here. My compliments. It goes through the 10 qualities that make up executive presence that are essential for success as a senior executive.

For more information visit www.speakupwithlaura.com. Our Speak Up podcast episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday early in the morning.

About our guest:

James Turk is an author, executive coach, keynote speaker, and CEO of The Turk Group, a boutique learning and development consulting firm. With over 25 years of experience, he has designed and delivered leadership solutions to clients globally, coaching and training upwards of 10,000 people. Clients include Walmart, NYSE, BuzzFeed, Spotify, Seattle Genetics and others..

Influenced by his background as a trained actor, James builds strong, trusting client relationships. He holds a BS in Liberal Arts from The New School and gained valuable HR experience at Goldman Sachs, Random House, and P&O Nedlloyd. Clients highly value his forward-thinking insights.

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.

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