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. Access the Executive Presence Scorecard assessment here. Have you ever looked at a leader and thought, "I don't know what it is about them...but they're attractive." Not because they're exceptionally good looking. I have a theory about executive presence that almost no one talks about. If you wonder why certain leaders have a quiet magnetism that draws people in, this episode explores the psychology behind it. Discover why executive presence isn't about becoming louder, dressing expensively, or pretending to be someone you're not. Instead, it's about developing genuine confidence, congruence, and self-trust—qualities that subtly transform both how you see yourself and how others experience you. By the end of this episode you’ll know: 💰Why executive presence often changes how people perceive your attractiveness without changing your physical appearance 🧩The surprising science behind how executive presence and confidence influence 🏆Why authenticity, composure, and self-trust create far more influence than trying to impress others. Press play to discover why becoming the most grounded version of yourself may be the most powerful leadership upgrade—and the most magnetic one—you'll ever make. Access the Executive Presence Scorecard assessment here. To learn more visit www.speakupwithlaura.com. New Speak Up podcast episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday early in the morning. Research & Further Reading Adam, H., & Galinsky, A. D. (2012). Enclothed Cognition. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2012.02.008Slepian, M. L., Ferber, S. N., Gold, J. M., & Rutchick, A. M. (2015). The Cognitive Consequences of Formal Clothing. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550615579462Oh, D., Shafir, E., & Todorov, A. (2020). Economic Status Cues from Clothes Affect Perceived Competence from Faces. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0782-4Kim, J. K., Holtz, B. C., & Vogel, R. M. (2023). Wearing Your Worth at Work: The Consequences of Employees' Daily Clothing Choices. Academy of Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2021.1358 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. Topics covered in this episode: Executive presence and perceived attractivenessWhy confident leaders appear more magneticThe psychology of first impressionsThe halo effect in leadershipEnclothed cognition and workplace performanceHow clothing influences confidence and thinkingAuthenticity vs. performance in leadershipOvercoming over-explaining and people-pleasingSelf-trust and executive confidenceBody language, posture, and executive presenceQuiet confidence for introverted leadersWhy congruence creates influenceHow executive coaching changes self-perceptionBuilding leadership presence without becoming someone elseThe connection between confidence and persuasion
