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Executive Presence: Speak with Power, Lead with Calm

Hosted by Elena Luneva and Yue Zhao

Wed, Nov 19, 2025

7:00 PM UTC (45 minutes)

Virtual (Zoom)

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AI Powered Executive Communication
Elena Luneva and Barron Ernst
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What you'll learn

Speak to Lead: Captivate Senior Leaders in 90 Seconds

Learn to turn any update into a concise, confident story that earns attention and signals executive readiness.

Craft Messages Leaders Remember

Structure updates and proposals so your key point sticks and earns executive attention.

Deliver with Voice and Presence

Use tone, pacing, and body language to project confidence and authority in any room.

Build Executive-Level Influence

Receive ongoing mentorship on Executive leadership via complimentary subscriptions to Elena's and Yue's substacks

Why this topic matters

As you rise as a leader, your ideas compete for attention in rooms full of decision-makers . The difference between being right and being effective often comes down to how you speak. Your structure, tone, and presence. Elena and Yue show you how to deliver clarity under pressure and make every interaction count as a moment of influence.

You'll learn from

Elena Luneva

CPO, Advisor, Executive Coach, 4000+ students

Former:

CPO / GM Braintrust

GM Nextdoor

CPO Nuna

VP Product, LiquidSpace

Sr. PM OpenTable

Sr. PM BlackRock


Taught thousands of executives through courses, executive coaching, corporate training, and at Reforge, FirstRound, Berkeley, Sidebar, Enrich, Supra, AI Collective, Industry, PLS

Yue Zhao

Chief Product Officer, Executive Coach, Author, Ex-Meta, Thumbtack, McKinsey

In just 10 years, Yue ascended the ranks from Product Manager to Chief Product Officer at top Silicon Valley companies like Thumbtack, Meta, and Instagram. Since 2016, Yue has coached hundreds of senior leaders to gain visibility, influence executive decisions, and drive impact in ambiguous, high-stakes environments. She is the author of The Uncommon Executive: Breakthrough to the C-suite as a Minority.

Her biggest learning? It's a skill to get noticed and gain influence, not hope and luck. Enroll today to transform your leadership potential from a “workhorse” to a “racehorse” in your organization. 

Yue has taught at Reforge and Maven. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School and B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. 

Previously at

Instagram
Thumbtack
Meta
Nextdoor
OpenTable

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