Making Bold Moves

About Making Bold Moves

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 Boswell - a leadership communication coach who spent years telling herself she wasn't a leader. For a long time, that voice in my head was relentless. Someone else knew more, someone else had more authority, I didn't deserve to take up space. So I stayed silent, sat on the sidelines, and watched others speak up in rooms where I had just as much right to be heard. Until I finally realised - that voice was lying. The shift didn't come from working harder or knowing more. It came from changing how I showed up and how I communicated. Once I understood that, everything changed and I walked away from a corporate training career to build my own coaching business focused on the one thing most leadership development programmes completely ignore: how women communicate at senior level. Since then I've helped clients achieve real measurable results including supporting a supply chain manager to overcome imposter syndrome and step up to become a director, In this podcast you'll learn how to: *Speak effortlessly in high stakes meetings without over preparing or second guessing *Understand different communication styles and adapt without losing your unique strengths *Build presence and trust with senior stakeholders and partners *Give and receive executive feedback with clarity and authority *Navigate career transitions from technical expert to strategic leader *Handle high stakes meetings, presentations and promotion conversations with confidence *Strengthen your confidence at work without relying on external validation This is not about adding more to your workload. It's about making small, intentional shifts in your leadership communication that change how you're seen, trusted and heard at senior level. New episodes drop every week, short enough for your commute or morning walk. Hit subscribe so you never miss one. Ready to go deeper? When you're ready to turn your potential into promotion, join me inside Practically Promoted, my leadership communication programme designed specifically for ambitious women like you who are preparing for senior leadership.

Publisher

Liz Boswell | Leadership Communication Expert, Speaking Up for Women Leaders in UK, Navigating Transitions to Senior Leadership

Category

business · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 May 2024

Latest episode

30 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

41 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Executive Presence: How 20 Years of Public Speaking Anxiety Held Her Back from Getting Promoted to Senior Leadership

   Send us Fan Mail 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. So...

2. 

   15 Sept 2026

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

   Send us Fan Mail 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...

3. 

   8 Sept 2026

   Executive Leadership Transition: Find Your Bearings When You’re New to the C-Suite

   Send us Fan Mail 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 fir...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

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YouTube

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Engagement

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