# 585: Functional Leaders Exude Strong Executive Presence and Influence When Staying Connected To THIS Indispensable Conversation Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/speak-up-develop-your-executive-presence-leadership-communication-style-65929/585-functional-leaders-exude-strong-executive-presence-and-influence-when-staying-connected-to-this-indispensable-conversation Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/speak-up-develop-your-executive-presence-leadership-communication-style-65929/585-functional-leaders-exude-strong-executive-presence-and-influence-when-staying-connected-to-this-indispensable-conversation.md Podcast: [Speak Up: Develop Your Executive Presence & Leadership Communication Style](https://stenobird.com/podcast/speak-up-develop-your-executive-presence-leadership-communication-style-65929) Published: 2026-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: http://www.speakupwithlaura.com Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/fd178900-e725-4b50-abb4-63049381e469.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/speak-up-develop-your-executive-presence-leadership-communication-style-65929/episodes/585-functional-leaders-exude-strong-executive-presence-and-influence-when-staying-connected-to-this-indispensable-conversation Duration seconds: 1608 ## Resource 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. Do you feel overlooked in those executive leadership or board meetings even though you’re highly capable and prepared? Many high-performing professionals believe executive presence comes naturally with promotions, expertise, or confidence. But this episode reveals why influence is actually built through business fluency, strategic communication, emotional resilience, and meaningful contribution in the room — especially for introverts, technical experts, and thoughtful leaders. By the end of this deep conversation with Janice Kapner you’ll know: 🚀How to build executive presence when you don’t have major P&L responsibility 🎯The kind of strategic questions that create more influence than perfect answers 🏆How senior leaders evaluate credibility, business thinking, and leadership readiness Press play to learn the practical communication shifts that help respected professionals become trusted executive-level contributors. To learn more visit www.speakupwithlaura.com . New Speak Up podcast episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday early in the morning. About our guest: Janice Kapner is the former Chief Communications & Corporate Responsibility Officer at T-Mobile, where she spent more than a decade working closely with CEOs, boards, and senior leadership teams during periods of rapid growth, transformation, and high-stakes decision-making, including the largest telecom merger in U.S. history. Throughout her career, Janice has operated in roles where influence mattered more than formal authority, advisi… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/speak-up-develop-your-executive-presence-leadership-communication-style-65929/episodes/585-functional-leaders-exude-strong-executive-presence-and-influence-when-staying-connected-to-this-indispensable-conversation/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/speak-up-develop-your-executive-presence-leadership-communication-style-65929/585-functional-leaders-exude-strong-executive-presence-and-influence-when-staying-connected-to-this-indispensable-conversation.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.