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.
What if the very thing that made you a top performer is now keeping you from getting promoted?
You've delivered outstanding results, taken on high-stakes projects, and worked harder than everyone around you. So why are other leaders getting promoted while you're still waiting for your next opportunity?
Here's the uncomfortable truth: Great work doesn't speak for itself. And being brilliant isn't enough to get you into the executive suite.
In this episode, Laura sits down with Uma Subramanian, a former top 1% performer at Microsoft, executive leadership coach, and author of The Sought-After Leader, to uncover what actually separates high performers from leaders who consistently attract promotions and career-changing opportunities.
By the end of this episode, you'll know:
⁉️Why hard work, talent, and exceptional results aren't enough to get promoted—and how to position yourself as a leader who creates strategic impact.
💰How to make your value visible to senior decision-makers, build a memorable personal brand, and develop relationships that open doors to new opportunities.
🎯How to communicate with confidence in high-stakes meetings, handle challenging executives and develop the human leadership skills that matter even more in the age of AI.
If you're ready to stop being overlooked and start being recognized as the executive leader you already have the potential to become, press play and discover how to make your value impossible to ignore.
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About our guest:
Uma Subramanian, a leadership coach, is author of The Sought-After Leader. Drawing on her experience as a technology leader and her work coaching high-performing professionals, Uma helps ambitious leaders accelerate their careers, strengthen their executive influence, and become sought-after candidates for leadership opportunities. Through her company, Limitless Leaders, and her signature SOAR framework, she teaches leaders how to increase their strategic impact, communicate their value, build a powerful personal brand, and cultivate relationships that open doors to career advancement.
The Speak Up Podcast helps high-performing professionals develop executive presence through strategic communication, executive confidence, and leadership influence. Each episode provides practical strategies to help you speak up in meetings, communicate with senior leaders, present ideas with clarity, build executive visibility, strengthen your leadership presence, influence without authority, stop overexplaining, answer difficult questions with confidence, and become a trusted executive leader.
Whether you're preparing for your next Vice President promotion or looking to communicate with greater credibility and gravitas, you'll learn actionable executive communication skills that accelerate career growth.
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