It’s quite challenging to get cross functional cooperation and collaboration from people when you’re not their boss. Learn what actually works today.

For highly-conscientious, high-performing leaders, the challenge often isn’t having the skills but communicating them effectively. This episode dives into how power, influence, and executive presence can transform your interactions, whether you're leading cross-functional teams, navigating boardroom politics, or recovering from career setbacks.

In today’s conversation with Product Leader coach Tami Reiss you’ll learn:

🌟 The secret to reframing your ideas so they resonate with every audience, from engineers to CEOs, without losing authenticity.

💼 How to activate allies and supporters subtly yet powerfully, so they champion your vision without you even having to ask.

🔥 Amplify your influence and leadership presence through the power of concise communication.

Don’t wait—play this episode now and start transforming how you show up as a leader, turning every interaction into an opportunity to influence and inspire.

Have you ever felt like you’re constantly overlooked for promotions or recognition, even though you know you’re delivering exceptional results?

If you're tired of being seen as a workhorse instead of a leader and feel misunderstood or invisible to senior executives, it’s not your hard work holding you back—it’s how you're presenting yourself.

My 90-Day Executive Presence Mastery System will uncover your blind spots, equip you with the tools to communicate with confidence, and help you master the four key pillars of leadership that senior executives respect and recognize.

If you want personalized help to massively elevate your executive communication, our Executive Presence Mastery System, a 90-day intensive coaching program may be your ticket. Click here to set up a short meetup for us to chat about it.

About our guest:

Tami Reiss, also known as the Product Leader Coach, helps leaders be awesome. After almost 20 years experience helping startups, established enterprise companies, and community organizations define their product strategy and set up product organizations for scale, she now helps others do the same. CEOs, CPOs, VPs of Product work with her to develop cohesive product strategies, transform product organizations, and improve board relations. She has held many product roles within B2B SaaS organizations and consulted with companies such as Humana, Aetna, JPMorgan, TheKnotWW, Cornerstone on Demand among dozens of others which adds to her ability to understand different perspectives and various industries.

Tami is known for simplifying the complex, communicating directly, and believing that everything is a product. Recently, she was the lead product strategy consultant for Melissa Perri's ProduxLabs and CPO-in-Residence for Insight Partners which meant she was often interim VP of Product at their portfolio companies. On the side, in 2015 Tami launched Just Not Sorry, a Gmail plug-in used by half a million people around the globe to write more confident emails. She is also the President of the Board of Matan, a non-profit dedicated to creating inclusive and equitable spaces for people with disabilities in the Jewish community.

Tami lives with her husband Nadav and two kids in Florida, but has spent half her life in LA and NYC. She loves to travel (47 states and 46 countries and counting!), speaks Hebrew and some Spanish, and considers herself a citizen of the world.

In Speak Up communication and executive presence coaching, high performing leaders 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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