Speak Up: Develop Your Executive Presence & Leadership Communication Style

484: Why Your Message Is Landing… But You Still Don’t Sound Like a Senior Leader

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Nov 10, 2025

Ever felt like your well-prepared message fell flat in front of senior leaders? Discover why detailed updates might not be engaging executives and how to close the communication gap. Learn a three-part framework that helps translate your insights into the strategic narratives decision-makers crave. Find out how to capture attention by focusing on clarity, urgency, and impactful outcomes. Elevate your executive presence and transform your messages into decision triggers that prompt immediate action.

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INSIGHT

Executives Want Relevance, Not Detail

Senior leaders tune for relevance and decisions, not exhaustive details.
Laura Camacho says missed impact often stems from a translation gap, not knowledge gaps.

INSIGHT

Bad Landing Erodes Confidence And Visibility

Poor executive landing creates self-doubt and reduces visibility over time.
Laura Camacho warns this can lead to fewer speaking opportunities and capped influence.

ADVICE

Use The Signal-Focus-Decision Framework

Use a simple S-F-D framework: Signal/Strategic outcome, Focus, Decision trigger.
Cut to impact, keep one storyline, and state why action is urgent now.

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You keep presenting solutions, interesting updates, or whatever is asked of you… but when you look across the table at your EVP, there’s no there there. If you've ever left an executive conversation thinking, "I said all the right things, so why didn’t they bite?" — this episode is for you.

You’re putting in the work, preparing your message, and showing up ready to contribute. But when it comes to executive conversations, your ideas fall flat—not because they’re bad, but because they’re not landing the way leaders need to hear them. This episode is for high-performing professionals who feel invisible in the boardroom despite doing everything “right.”

By the end of today’s episode you’ll know:

3️⃣The 3-part framework to instantly increase your executive presence.

🔑A hidden communication gap between detailed thinkers and decision-makers.

🏆How to present strategic ideas in ways that get approved—not just acknowledged.

Press play now to learn how to shift your message so executives actually hear—and act on—what you’re saying.

You can learn this. You can totally get better in 30 days. You can walk into your next executive meeting and watch their posture change halfway through your first sentence.

If this is resonating—if you’ve ever left a VP meeting feeling like you nailed the prep but still missed the landing—then let’s change that.

Go to the link in the show notes and book a strategy call with me to see if my Executive Presence Mastery system is a logical next step for you. Set that up here or use the link at the top of the show notes.

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