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The 7-Minute Rule That Makes You More Visible in Executive Meetings

The executive meeting on your calendar may do more to shape your career than the presentation you spent three weeks perfecting. While everyone discusses the agenda, senior leaders are also noticing who has judgment, who can handle pressure, and who belongs in the next room.

For many high-performing introvert leaders, the hardest contribution is the first one. The longer you wait, the more room you give overthinking to take control—and the greater the chance that someone else will say the idea you were still rehearsing.

In this first episode of the five-day Q4 Visibility Challenge, Laura introduces the 7-Minute Rule: contribute something useful within the first seven minutes of an important meeting.

By the end of today’s episode you’ll know:

💰How to enter the conversation without forcing a brilliant insight

🧩Use the phrase “What I like about that is…” to add value rather than empty agreement

🎯Prepare one question or observation before the meeting begins

Speaking early makes the next contribution easier and gives senior leaders visible evidence of how you think.

Choose one important meeting this week. Prepare one useful contribution and deliver it within the first seven minutes. Then record what happened in your Executive Meeting Visibility Guide. Continue with Day 2 to make sure executives hear your best idea without having to dig for it.

To learn more visit www.speakupwithlaura.com. New Speak Up podcast episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday early in the morning.

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:

• Speaking up in executive meetings
• Executive Presence
• High-stakes conversations
• Business leadership communication
• Executive Presence Tips
• Senior Leader Advice
• How to speak up in executive meetings
• How to communicate with senior leadership
• How to develop executive presence
• How to be seen as VP material
• How to influence executives
• How to stop overexplaining at work
• How to answer executive questions concisely
• How to handle pushback from senior leaders
• How to increase visibility with leadership
• Director-to-VP transition