628: Why Spencer Pratt Is Better at Storytelling and Executive Presence While Most Polished Leaders Bore Their Audiences
Speak Up: Develop Your Executive Presence & Leadership Communication Style

628: Why Spencer Pratt Is Better at Storytelling and Executive Presence While Most Polished Leaders Bore Their Audiences

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 18, 202615 min
  • One speaker
  • Business & money

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. Many accomplished leaders tell the kind of story that leaves the audience checking their latest Slack message or maybe their upcoming Amazon delivery. What if your story doesn't need more polish? What if they need to feel less finished? In this ep...

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So many accomplished leaders tell the kind of story that leaves the audience checking their latest slack message or maybe their upcoming Amazon delivery. What if your story doesn't need more polish? What if it needs to feel less finished? Welcome back to Speak Up, the number one ranked business communication podcast where we help high performing introvert leaders, including you social introverts, turn your ideas into influence and improve business

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outcomes because being brilliant does not automatically make you influential. I am your host, Laura Camacho, your career accelerator, executive presence strategist, and godmother. And in today's short episode, you will learn from a legit reality TV star, how

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to identify the exact moment of change that creates tension and immediately pulls people into your story. Why one concrete, memorable detail can communicate the stakes more powerfully than polished corporate language? And how to leave the right part of your story unresolved so your audience understands the role they can play in moving the outcome forward?

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