Stepping into leadership roles means going beyond your core skills and mastering effective communication, influence, and decision-making. Achieving executive endorsement is key to landing these leadership roles, and that hinges on your ability to gain and leverage exposure to top leaders. 

THE CHALLENGE

However, for most mid-career professionals, these opportunities for exec exposure are few, and often limited to high-stakes executive meetings and reviews. Additionally, despite preparation, many struggle navigating effectively these types of meetings, resulting in missed opportunities. 

WHY YOU SHOULD CARE

Understanding the exec mindset and building a strategy around how to present and influence them effectively has been a key accelerator for my career. This interactive course will empower you with strategic frameworks, actionable tactics, and real-world examples to excel in executive meetings and leave a lasting impression.

WHAT WE'LL LEARN IN THE COURSE

We will dive into my learnings from multiple years of presenting and participating in high stakes executive meetings including the CEOs and Board members of companies like Google and Adobe. 

🔬The science

-Practice spotting the different executive mindset and personas

-Tactics for influencing senior stakeholders relevant to your execs

-Improving your executive visibility by demonstrating value and confidence

-Master the different meeting types and how to manage them

 🎨 The art

-Implement Exec communication best practices

-Learn what great exec presentations look like

-Pick up the cues on how to read the room

-Get real time feedback on your execution through workshop style exercises

MY APPROACH TO TEACHING

🚀 Frameworks: We will learn practical frameworks you can apply to create a structured approach to your executive presentations. These include spotting executive personas, stakeholder mapping, tactics for pre-wiring, effectively driving change and transformation, exerting influence, key types of executive meetings, and presenting the Point B.

📑 Templates and scripts: You will have access to templates, scripts, and worksheets you can tailor to your specific situations, helping you jumpstart your next big presentation.

🌍 Real-world examples: We will review example cases of real-world meetings. These will include both meetings that went well and those that didn’t.

📝Workshop exercises: Apply the frameworks, templates, and scripts to your workplace situation through short live exercises.

🎯 Direct feedback: There's no better way to improve than by practicing with peers and receiving personalized feedback. Get "grilled" in a safe, low stakes environment.

🎤 Guest speakers: We will supplement the course with two interactive guest speaker sessions.

1. Javier Soltero: Learn from the former head of Google Workspace and Microsoft Office, and successful serial entrepreneur, about what successful presentations look like.

2. Tom Callahan: Hear from a seasoned Executive Talent professional and former executive recruiter at DoorDash about how successful execs stand out.

🤝 Community: Build a community of professionals with similar goals to support each other. We will keep a community forum live post-course to continue helping each other on your journeys.