What if the key to leveling up your leadership isn’t your title or experience, but your ability to master the invisible patterns that shape communication and influence?

As a highly-conscientious, high-performing leader, you’ve nailed the technical side of your job.

But to break through to the next level, you need to stand out as a strategic thinker who connects actions to impact. In this episode, we dive into actionable tools from neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and leadership science to help you lead with clarity, confidence, and influence.

In Laura’s conversation with leadership trainer to gaming industry, Andy Coley, you’ll learn:

🔑 The keys to unlock the hidden patterns in communication to decode emotions and behaviors

✨ Master a clean feedback framework that builds even stronger teams

🎯How to position yourself as the natural choice for promotions

Listen now to learn the leadership skills that will set you apart—and make your promotion feel inevitable.

If you're tired of being seen as a workhorse instead of a leader and feel misunderstood or invisible to senior executives, it’s not your hard work or your personality holding you back—it’s how you're presenting yourself.

My 90-Day Executive Presence Mastery System will uncover your blind spots, equip you with the tools to communicate with confidence, and help you master the four key pillars of leadership that senior executives respect and recognize. Imagine being listened to, valued, and finally getting the promotion you deserve.

If you want personalized help to massively elevate your executive communication, our Executive Presence Mastery System, a 90-day intensive coaching program may be your ticket. Click here to set up a short meetup for us to chat about it.

About our guest:

Andy Coley, 2023 TEDx Speaker of the Year, has designed a leadership and development training programme specifically for the gaming industry. He understands the specific challenges facing your company as you develop products and the delicate symbiotic relationship between you and players.

His book, Leadership Is a Skill: Transform your impact as a leader will help you develop deeper emotional intelligence to lead with authenticity and empathy. He also shares ways to apply Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques to enhance communication, influence, and team dynamics and master conflict management and support your team through change effectively.

In Speak Up communication and executive presence coaching, high performing leaders 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.

There is one thing you need to focus on when you are criticized in a meeting that will shift perceptions to YOUR advantage.

Let’s unlock the secret that separates extraordinary leaders from the rest.

As a high-performing leader, you’ve likely faced criticism or unexpected pushback in crucial meetings. Whether it’s a well-meaning colleague or a skeptical executive, how you respond in these moments can either solidify your reputation as a calm, strategic leader or leave others questioning your readiness for bigger roles.

This episode equips you with a powerful technique to transform such moments into opportunities to showcase your executive presence.

By the end of this episode you’ll know:

🌟 How to exude unshakable confidence and command respect—even when caught off guard.

🤝 You can use criticism to build trust and credibility even if your brain freezes.

🧠 A tool to gain valuable time to formulate sharp, strategic responses.

Press play now to learn how to handle pushback like a pro and transform criticism into a launchpad for your executive brilliance!

Ready to stop being overlooked and start leading with presence? If you want personalized help to massively elevate your executive communication, our Executive Presence Mastery System, a 90-day intensive coaching program (learn bespoke skills + strategies) may be your ticket. Click here to set up a short meetup for us to chat about it.

In Speak Up communication and executive presence coaching, high performing leaders 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.

Think saying the wrong thing in a meeting ruins your career? The truth is, it doesn’t have to—what happens next can make you even more influential.

If you're a conscientious, high-performing leader, you know how paralyzing the fear of saying the wrong thing can be.

But what if the very mistakes you're so afraid of could become your biggest opportunities for growth, respect, and connection? This episode reveals exactly how to shift the narrative and recover like a seasoned pro.

In today’s episode, you’ll learn:

✨Two battle-tested angles to take to recover from saying the wrong thing depending on how serious is your blooper.

🔥What NOT to do under any circumstances.

🔑A perfect comeback for unfair criticism.

Hit play now and discover how to make every mistake a stepping stone to greater influence and career success.

If you’d like personalized help to elevate your executive communication, my 90-Day Executive Presence Mastery System uncovers blind spots, equips you with communication tools, and positions you as a leader executives respect. Click here to schedule a quick chat—it might just be the turning point in your career.

In Speak Up communication and executive presence coaching, high performing leaders 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.