Leadership Communication in Action | Women Leaders Speaking Up, Developing Executive Presence

Are you being told to "step up" but no one can tell you what that actually means? Are you performing well, hitting your targets, yet still second-guessing yourself in leadership meetings? Are you navigating leadership communication and speaking up in meetings but something still feels off? If that sounds like you, you're in exactly the right place. Leadership Communication in Action is the weekly podcast that's focused on getting women promoted to leadership. This podcast is for you if you're a high performing woman who's ready to close the promotion gap by communicating with more impact so that you're seen as credible, trusted, and ready for senior leadership. Each episode gives you the practical communication skills, executive presence and female professional growth strategies that partners and senior leaders are actually looking for. No jargon, no fluff — just clear, actionable guidance in under 20 minutes. Hi, I'm Liz Bosw

Leadership Communication in Action | Women Leaders Speaking Up, Developing Executive Presence is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 20 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

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  Episode #12

  Executive Presence: How 20 Years of Self Doubt held Rachel back from Getting Promoted to Senior Leadership

  Sep 30, 202616 minS4

  Executive Presence can be the difference between being ready for senior leadership and being seen as ready for it. Rachel had the experience, knowledge and trust of the people around her. She had trained others, supported colleagues into bigger roles and could do the job standing on her head. Yet for 20 years, public speaking anxiety and the thought of a promotion interview kept her saying no. Her story shows that getting promoted is not always about becoming more capable. Sometimes it is about allowing other people to see the capability already there. And this is where Executive Presence becomes practical: speaking up, making clear recommendations and showing that you can think under pressure. You’ll hear how Rachel prepared for the presentation that had frightened her for years, why strong presentation skills are less about perfect slides and more about understanding your audience, and how three simple questions can sharpen your leadership communication: who is in the room, what matters to them, and what do they need to understand, decide or do? You’ll also discover why unpredictable interview questions can reveal senior leadership presence. Asking for a question to be repeated, taking time to think and explaining what you know are not weaknesses. They are part of stepping up to leadership with judgement and composure. Rachel did not walk into the room without fear. She walked in prepared enough to move with it. That shift changed more than the result. It changed what she believed was possible. Executive Presence grew through action, not through waiting to feel completely confident. If you are navigating an executive leadership transition, this story is a reminder that confidence often comes after the bold move. If an important presentation or interview is ahead, download the Leadership Presentation Planner and prepare with more clarity and intention. http://www.boldmovescoach.co.uk/planner End of episode - follow for more Leadership Communication in Action is a podcast for women who are capable, thoughtful, and quietly questioning how they’re showing up at work and in life. I’m Liz Boswell. I work with professional women who don’t need more advice, but do need space to think clearly, especially when the pressure is on. Each episode is a calm, mentoring-style conversation grounded in real client moments. We look at the stories people carry, the behaviours those stories create, and the small, practical shifts that change how things land day to day. You’ll hear honest reflections, psychologically precise questions, and simple actions you can try immediately, without overhauling your life or becoming someone else. If you’re stepping into more responsibility, more visibility, or simply feeling the weight of decisions that matter, this podcast is here to help you slow things down, think more clearly, and move forward in a way that feels grounded and real. A quiet companion for people who want to make better moves, not louder ones.

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  Episode #11

  How to Hold The Room in Senior Leadership Meetings | Get People to Listen When You Speak Up

  Sep 14, 202614 minS4

  Speaking Up in senior leadership meetings can feel harder the moment attention starts to drift. Out comes a mobile phone, someone looks at another screen, and suddenly you’re questioning whether you’ve lost the room - even when people may still be listening. Holding attention isn’t about controlling everyone around the table. It’s about creating clarity, staying connected to your message, and giving people a reason to care. Strong leadership communication starts by making the relevance clear: why does this matter, what’s at stake, and what decision needs to be made? In this podcast episode, Liz shares three practical ways to hold the room in high stakes meetings: firstly - give people a reason to listen, second - stop assuming you know what distracted behaviour means, and finally - learn how to bring attention back when the room starts to wander. These are simple shifts that strengthen executive communication, improve public speaking and help you speaking up in meetings without forcing you to become louder or more performative. Speaking Up with confidence also means reading the whole room, not fixating on one person’s behaviour. Sometimes someone who looks distracted is actually processing information in a different way. And this is where a pause, a well-timed question, or a clear expectation can help you reset the room without losing your authority. If you want to sharpen your business communication before your next senior management meeting or presentation, this builds naturally on the earlier episode, How to Stop Rambling in Presentations. It’s practical communication expert guidance for women leaders and women in business leadership who want to communicate with calm authority and make their message easier to follow. For more support with Speaking Up and preparing a clear, focused leadership presentation, use the Leadership Presentation Planner - yours for only £29, click on the link below. https://www.boldmovescoach.co.uk/planner If you have a question for Liz or you'd like to share an idea for a podcast episode, you can send an email to liz@boldmovescoach.co.uk End of episode - follow for more Leadership Communication in Action is a podcast for women who are capable, thoughtful, and quietly questioning how they’re showing up at work and in life. I’m Liz Boswell. I work with professional women who don’t need more advice, but do need space to think clearly, especially when the pressure is on. Each episode is a calm, mentoring-style conversation grounded in real client moments. We look at the stories people carry, the behaviours those stories create, and the small, practical shifts that change how things land day to day. You’ll hear honest reflections, psychologically precise questions, and simple actions you can try immediately, without overhauling your life or becoming someone else. If you’re stepping into more responsibility, more visibility, or simply feeling the weight of decisions that matter, this podcast is here to help you slow things down, think more clearly, and move forward in a way that feels grounded and real. A quiet companion for people who want to make better moves, not louder ones.

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  Episode #10

  Executive Leadership Transitions| The View Changes When You're at The Top

  Sep 8, 202618 minS4

  Executive Leadership Transitions can feel strangely unsettling. You’ve earned the senior role, but the conversations are less straightforward, decisions carry more weight and there is no obvious person to tell you whether you’re getting it right. In this episode, Liz Boswell explores why stepping into executive leadership can knock the confidence of even the most capable women. The problem may not be your capability at all. The environment has changed dramatically and the first step is to find your bearings. You’ll hear: • why the skills that brought you here can feel less reliable at C-Suite level • how new relationships, expectations and consequences change the leadership terrain • why working harder rarely creates the clarity you’re looking for • one coaching question to help you see your leadership transition differently Your Bold Move: What has changed around you that you may have mistaken for something changing within you? Follow Leadership Communication in Action so the next episode, a practical bearings check for your next important leadership conversation, is waiting in your feed. Liz Boswell is the founder of Bold Moves Coaching in the UK and works with senior women navigating leadership transition, executive communication and life at the top. Explore Bold Moves Coaching: www.boldmovescoach.co.uk/connect Connect with Liz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boldmovescoach/ End of episode - follow for more Leadership Communication in Action is a podcast for women who are capable, thoughtful, and quietly questioning how they’re showing up at work and in life. I’m Liz Boswell. I work with professional women who don’t need more advice, but do need space to think clearly, especially when the pressure is on. Each episode is a calm, mentoring-style conversation grounded in real client moments. We look at the stories people carry, the behaviours those stories create, and the small, practical shifts that change how things land day to day. You’ll hear honest reflections, psychologically precise questions, and simple actions you can try immediately, without overhauling your life or becoming someone else. If you’re stepping into more responsibility, more visibility, or simply feeling the weight of decisions that matter, this podcast is here to help you slow things down, think more clearly, and move forward in a way that feels grounded and real. A quiet companion for people who want to make better moves, not louder ones.

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  Episode #9

  How to Stop Rambling in Presentations | Get Your Point Across with Clarity in Leadership Meetings

  Sep 1, 202618 minS4

  Leadership communication gets harder when you know your subject so well that everything feels important. You start explaining, add more context, throw in another example and suddenly you’re rambling without actually getting your point across. At senior level, it’s not about proving how much you know. It’s about making it easy for people to understand what matters. Strong executive communication means knowing what to include, what to leave out and where you want the conversation to go. Because in leadership meetings, clarity creates credibility. So how do you stop rambling without losing the warmth and personality that make you a good communicator? You’ll learn three questions that can transform your leadership communication before you even open PowerPoint: Who is your audience and what matters to them? What is the one message they need to remember? What do you want them to do next? These questions help you move beyond simply sharing information towards purposeful business leadership. Want to make your next presentation clearer before you start building the slides? Download the Leadership Presentation Planner and use the framework to strengthen your leadership communication from the start. https://www.boldmovescoach.co.uk/planner You’ll hear why a simple message isn’t simplistic, how tailoring your presentation to your audience strengthens public speaking, and why saying less can actually demonstrate greater confidence and expertise. If public speaking anxiety makes you over-explain under pressure, knowing your destination gives you something to return to when questions, nerves or tangents take you off track. This builds on my episode, “Public Speaking Anxiety: Why Speaking Up in Leadership Meetings Feels So Scary | Keeping Calm When Presenting”, particularly for women leaders navigating high-pressure conversations. Effective leadership communication doesn’t mean becoming less conversational. It means giving that conversation direction. When you know your audience, your core message and the action you need, you can speak with greater clarity, trust yourself to leave unnecessary detail out and make your point without rambling. End of episode - follow for more Leadership Communication in Action is a podcast for women who are capable, thoughtful, and quietly questioning how they’re showing up at work and in life. I’m Liz Boswell. I work with professional women who don’t need more advice, but do need space to think clearly, especially when the pressure is on. Each episode is a calm, mentoring-style conversation grounded in real client moments. We look at the stories people carry, the behaviours those stories create, and the small, practical shifts that change how things land day to day. You’ll hear honest reflections, psychologically precise questions, and simple actions you can try immediately, without overhauling your life or becoming someone else. If you’re stepping into more responsibility, more visibility, or simply feeling the weight of decisions that matter, this podcast is here to help you slow things down, think more clearly, and move forward in a way that feels grounded and real. A quiet companion for people who want to make better moves, not louder ones.

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  Episode #8

  Executive Presence Tips | How Avoiding Presentations is Weakening Your Leadership Impact

  Aug 25, 202616 minS4

  Avoiding presentations might feel like a sensible way to manage public speaking anxiety , but it could quietly be limiting how others see your potential. Strong leadership communication isn’t about being the most polished person in the room. It’s about giving people the opportunity to experience your judgement, ideas and ability to lead when it matters. If you’re trusted, capable and ready for greater responsibility, doing excellent work behind the scenes may not be enough. Speaking up in presentations and leadership meetings gives senior decision-makers evidence of how you think, respond to challenge and make complex ideas clear. It builds executive presence and helps others imagine you operating at the next level. You’ll discover why waiting for confidence can keep you stuck, how presentation avoidance affects your visibility and why saying yes can become an important leadership decision. Effective leadership communication doesn’t require you to eliminate your nerves first. Confidence often develops because you prepare, step forward and learn from the experience — not because you waited until presenting felt comfortable. And this is where visibility matters for getting women promoted . When you repeatedly let someone else deliver the presentation, they become associated with the ideas, questions and strategic conversations happening in the room. Through executive coaching , we can reframe presenting as something bigger than performance: an opportunity to demonstrate leadership communication and let people see what you could contribute at a more senior level. So, what presentation are you avoiding? Identify it, then ask yourself: What might become possible if I said yes? Building executive presence isn’t about becoming someone else. It’s about allowing more people to experience the leader you already are. If nerves are part of what’s holding you back, go back and listen to Public Speaking Anxiety: Why Speaking Up in Leadership Meetings Feels So Scary | Keeping Calm When Presenting . It will help you understand what’s happening when the pressure rises and give you a stronger foundation for your next opportunity. Then follow the podcast for more practical leadership communication strategies. Welcome! End of episode - follow for more Leadership Communication in Action is a podcast for women who are capable, thoughtful, and quietly questioning how they’re showing up at work and in life. I’m Liz Boswell. I work with professional women who don’t need more advice, but do need space to think clearly, especially when the pressure is on. Each episode is a calm, mentoring-style conversation grounded in real client moments. We look at the stories people carry, the behaviours those stories create, and the small, practical shifts that change how things land day to day. You’ll hear honest reflections, psychologically precise questions, and simple actions you can try immediately, without overhauling your life or becoming someone else. If you’re stepping into more responsibility, more visibility, or simply feeling the weight of decisions that matter, this podcast is here to help you slow things down, think more clearly, and move forward in a way that feels grounded and real. A quiet companion for people who want to make better moves, not louder ones.

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