637: What to Say When You’re Challenged in an Executive Meeting (DAY 3)

Podcast: Speak Up: Develop Your Executive Presence & Leadership Communication Style · Laura Camacho

Opublikowano: 2026-10-07

Access your Executive Meeting Visibility Guide. What to Say When You’re Challenged in an Executive Meeting You prepare for weeks, present your recommendation, and then an executive asks the one question you did not anticipate. Within seconds, you are speaking faster, adding disclaimers, and retreating from the very recommendation you came to defend. An unexpected question is not proof that you were unprepared. Senior leaders ask questions to test risk, evaluate thinking, and participate in decisions. The real test is whether you can remain useful when th...