Click here if: You’re a senior leader who’s finally ready to level up, speak up, get recognized and nail that executive promotion / visibility …and you want to work with Laura Camacho to build your Executive Presence in the next 90-120 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.

If you’re working hard, constantly explaining yourself, and still not being recognized for leadership potential, you might be missing the neuroscience behind true executive presence. This episode breaks down what really signals authority to senior leadership—especially if you’re a high-performing introvert.

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

🧲Why calm pacing overrides fast talking to communicate confidence and intelligence

✅How you can reduce “cognitive friction” and become easier for executives to trust starting right now

🔑 The 5 neuroscience-backed shifts that elevate your executive presence without over-performing

Listen now to learn how to shift from overlooked to trusted by using calm authority and clarity to transform your presence.

Learn how a Sid Mashburn store mirrors the way senior leaders are evaluated in real rooms—and why talking more, explaining harder, or “proving yourself” is often doing the opposite of what you intend. And if you’re ready to build calm authority check out the Executive Presence scorecard. There’s a link to it in the 2nd paragraph of these show notes.

Because the room isn’t waiting for you to talk more...It’s waiting for you to be trusted.

To learn more visit www.speakupwithlaura.com. New Speak Up podcast episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday early in the morning.

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.

Click here if: You’re a senior leader who’s finally ready to level up, speak up, get recognized and nail that promotion…and you want to work with Laura Camacho to build your Executive Presence in the next 90-120 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.

Are your high standards quietly killing your teams’ morale?

If you're a high-achieving introvert or perfectionist leader, you've probably struggled with letting go, delegating, or managing teams without redoing their work. This episode explores the hidden costs of perfectionism in leadership — and how it could be driving away great people without you realizing it.

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

🧩How to build trust and respect even when you're not the expert in the room

💰A mindset shift that helps perfectionists lead with more ease and less stress

🇯🇵How a Japanese tea ceremony revealed the true power of presence for leadership impact

Tap play to discover how to lead powerfully without letting perfectionism hold you — or your team — back.

If you’ve recently stepped into a senior leadership or c-suite role where you’re not the expert—and it’s making you feel like an imposter, unsure how to earn respect or manage people who know more than you—but you really want to show up with confidence, own your role, and lead strategically at a higher level… that’s why we built the Executive Presence Mastery program.

You can self assess how your executive presence shows up in different contexts by taking the Executive Presence Scorecard here.

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:

Cynthia Lai is a governance leader and board advisor with over 20 years of experience leading transformation across Asia-Pacific at OCBC Bank, HSBC, and Bank of China (Hong Kong). As a former Executive Director at OCBC, she led multi-market teams through change while maintaining a zero regulatory breach record, proving that transformation and trust can coexist.

Now a Board Advisor, Executive Coach, and Co-Founder of MetaOptix, a deep-tech venture with 15 patents, Cynthia helps leaders build credibility and connection in an era increasingly shaped by AI. Her story, from a perfectionist manager who lost team members to a leader who develops others, captures the evolution from control to empowerment, and why empathy, ethics, and clarity of presence define modern leadership.

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...

Click here if: You’re a senior leader who’s finally ready to level up, speak up, get recognized and nail that executive promotion / visibility …and you want to work with Laura Camacho to build your Executive Presence in the next 90-120 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.

You’re respected, trusted, and technically strong — so why does your momentum suddenly feel slower at the more senior executive level? Learn the answer in today’s episode.

If you’re in the room but not shaping decisions, this episode exposes the hidden executive presence risk that quietly stalls high-performing leaders — even when everything looks “fine” from the outside.

In today’s episode, you’ll learn:

😳Why silence in certain meetings erodes status — even when results stay strong

🔑 How identity ceilings form and why time actually locks them in

🔥 What intentional visibility looks like without becoming louder or inauthentic

If you want to protect your trajectory and build real influence before options quietly close, press play and get clarity on what needs to shift now.

Because the problem isn’t your performance... It’s that your value isn’t fully visible where decisions are being made.

That’s why I created a private, high-touch Executive Presence Mastery System to help senior leaders break identity ceilings, build intentional visibility, and regain momentum without abandoning who they are.

If you want clarity on what’s really holding you back, go to the top of these show notes, click the first link, or head to www.speakupwithlaura.com/speakup and choose a time that works for you.

I’d love to show you how to move forward — intentionally and strategically.

To learn more visit www.speakupwithlaura.com. New Speak Up podcast episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday early in the morning.

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.