What Executives Really Mean When They Say...

Hosted by Yue Zhao

Tue, Jul 21, 2026

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Outsmart the Room: AI-Powered Executive Communication and Influence
Yue Zhao
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What you'll learn

How to read what executives really want

Ways to decode their asks and get to the heart of what they are really looking for

How to prep for high-stakes meetings

A step-by-step plan to get ready for executive meetings

Use AI as a thought partner

How to build an AI project that helps you prep for executive meetings well

Why this topic matters

As someone who's been in the board room, the executive leadership meetings, and the "other side" of executive reviews, I'm here to share what executives really care about and why, and how to decode what we mean when we say "let's circle back" or "let's go big". Join this lesson to get the subtitles for the exec talk and level up your next convo. 30 min talk, then stay for Q&A!

You'll learn from

Yue Zhao

Chief Product Officer, CTO, Executive Coach, Founder

Yue is a CPO & CTO turned executive coach and writer. She has 15+ years of product leadership experience across Meta, Thumbtack, and Instagram. Yue coaches L6+ leaders at Tier 1 AI and Tech companies, teaches a course on Executive Presence & Communication, and writes weekly for 30k+ subscribers at her newsletter, The Uncommon Executive. 

Previously at

McKinsey & Company
Meta
Thumbtack
Instagram
Harvard University
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