✨ Why experience doesn’t equal clarity 🚧 The #1 storytelling trap smart leaders fall into 🎯 A new offer to help you cut through the noise
🧩 The Expert Trap
Last week, I had a strategy session with a brilliant exec — 20+ years in leadership, a Big Job Title™, and all the strategic language to match. He had the credentials. The board roles. The polished LinkedIn.
But when it came time to say what his project was meant to accomplish? Who it was for? He couldn’t land it. Ideas everywhere. Missing logic. Lots of jargon. Talking in circles.
It wasn’t a lack of intelligence.It was a lack of story.
Here’s what most people get wrong: Being an expert isn’t the same as being a clear and articulate speaker.
In fact, the more experience we accumulate, the harder it gets to explain ourselves simply. We often (incorrectly) assume people already have some of the same context we have; that they can speak the same industry language that comes to us naturally as we progress in our careers.
But if you can’t translate your brilliance into something others can grasp and trust in 30 seconds? You’re not leading — you’re creating confusion.
⚠️ Why Smart Leaders Still Get Stuck
When you’ve spent years operating at the highest levels inside of huge organizations, it’s easy to mistake structure for clarity.
👉 Corporate life rewards alignment and fluency 👉 Building something on your own (even if that is an initiative within an organization) demands clarity and courage.
That leap — from “this is what I do” to “this is what I stand for” — is where the real work begins. That’s the work I love: Helping seasoned leaders become clear, human, and unmistakable as they carve out their next chapter.
🎯 Need Help Cutting Through
If you’re stuck between big ideas and a foggy message — you don’t need more frameworks. You need a story that hits.
The Executive Visibility Intensive is designed specifically for senior leaders like you.
🔹 90-minute strategy session 🔹 1 week of async support 🔹 A message that actually lands for your next pitch, board meeting, or thought leadership piece.
We’ll clarify your vision, sharpen your story, and map how to show up with authority — in your org, online, or in your next move.
🌙 Eid Mubarak to all those observing Eid Al-Adhathis week, wishing you a joyful celebration, and respite for our family in Gaza during these holy days.
P.S. I took a sushi-making class this weekend in LA and 10/10 recommend. 🍣
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