Yue Zhao

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Your superpower is a strength that makes you stand out as a leader. It is what you can do better than most as a leader. Superpowers often start as innate preferences honed through experience.&nbsp; Take a short quiz to find your executive superpower and in what contexts it is most valued.

Discover Your Superpower

Have you felt the sudden attention shift to focus on someone entering the room? Or the collective sigh of relief when someone speaks up during a group meeting to put the discussion back on course? Or the unmistakable voice of respect one person uses for another? This is executive presence. It is made up of multiple components put together, and it can be learned.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Components of Executive Presence

Build credibility, influence without authority, and land strategic impact.

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

Master Executive Presence & Communication with AI

Project Manager

Co-Founder

Biotech/Pharma Strategic Partner Management

Manager/Vice President, User Experience Design

Director, Talent Management

Principal, Data and AI

Higher education communications and marketing

Head of Strategic Projects

Director

Senior Product Manager

McKinsey & Company

Instagram

Thumbtack

Harvard University

You get things done. Yet when it comes to landing strategic decisions or speaking the language of executives, imposter syndrome kicks in. You ramble or freeze.This course will transform how you engage with executives, influence across the organization, and empower your teams.

Leverage AI to increase your visibility, credibility, and confidence

Build Executive Presence

Communicate strategically

Navigate High-Stress Situations with Grace

Gain Recognition as a Top 1% Leader

Senior Managers, Directors, and Principal ICs who aspire to be a part of senior leadership. Min 4 years of work experience.

Those who feel overlooked or talked over, and want to better manage a room, increase their influence, and get noticed.

Those who want to more effectively communicate their value, seniority, and leadership style to their leaders or hiring managers.

Doing a lot but not getting noticed?Feeling stuck in place?Wondering whether you should stick it out or head elsewhere? Learn how to tailor your work to best leverage your leadership superpowers.Did you know that at the highest levels of leadership, companies are often looking for spiky talent, not "well-rounded" leaders?Shift your mindset. Ruthlessly prioritize your time to focus on the work that helps you stand out. When you align your work to your superpower, you'll deliver more impact, get noticed, and move up into executive leadership fast. --- Focus on strength-based growth* Take your leadership strengths and what you love to do and turn them into your superpower* Learn real-life examples of superpowers of famous executives like Fiji Simo, Steve Jobs, and more.* Know potential pitfalls (or “shadows”) of your superpower* Manage multiple superpowers and adapt them to different leadership roles Craft your career trajectory * Craft your pitch for projects that showcase your superpower* Turn your superpower into your personal brand* Ditch the work that isn't getting you ahead. Get promoted* Build a positive cycle of delivering impact and advocating for your work* Incorporate your superpower into performance reviews and promotion processes --- When you reach a certain level in the workplace, it is no longer about shoring up your weaknesses.Instead, focusing on your strengths will get you further, and faster. Learn how to align your work to your superpower and career progression not only possible, but inevitable. --- What you will learn* Map your superpower to the type of projects and work environment that uniquely values your strengths.* Prioritize how you spend time and what projects you take on* Learn how to delegate or say "no" to projects that fall outside your superpowers* How to advocate for your wins and build your personal brand* Translate your superpower into a strong promotion narrative. --- Course content is based on Yue's personal experience leveraging her leadership superpowers to get promoted from PM to CPO in less than 15 years, landing mission-critical roles at Tier 1 startups and Meta alike. She also leveraged her superpowers to transition industries from consulting to product management to venture capital. Alumni from: Slack, OpenAI, Instacart, Guild Education, SurveyMonkey, Paypal, Braze, Meta, Instagram, Thumbtack, Sequoia-backed Tier I Startups, Google, Capitol One, Figma, Microsoft, and more. Well-loved and EffectiveA version of this course was run on Reforge with 90% promoters for the content and 98% promoters for the instructor. -----This is one of three Maven courses by Yue designed to help women and minority leaders fast-track to the C-suite. * Mastering Executive Presence &amp; Communication: https://maven.com/yuezhao/execpre* Chart Your Path to Executive Leadership: https://maven.com/yuezhao/superpowers* Self-Advocacy and Influencing Upwards: https://maven.com/yuezhao/selfadvocacy For more, Yue also runs The Uncommon Executive Leadership Launchpad, an 8-week leadership transformation program that helps women and minority leaders fast-track to executive levels. The program covers the topics above and adds additional topics like sponsorship, relationship building, and building sustainability in your career. It also combines curriculum with coaching and community in a way you will not find anywhere else. Check out the full program here: https://www.yuezhao.coach/accelerate ----

Chart Your Path to Executive Leadership Through Focusing On Your Strengths

Course syllabus

Focused discussions on the week's material and live Q&amp;A.

Thursdays each week

Personal projects with each lesson are designed to apply theory and examples to your specific environment.

Projects for Async Feedback

Refined and honed through workshops and classes taught at top tech and consumer companies, each lesson is packed with tactics and examples that are relevant and applicable to you and your workplace.

Well-loved, easy-to-digest lessons 

Course schedule

Leaders with more than 4 years of work experience in their industry looking to hone in on an area of strength.

High-achieving leaders who want to deliver more impact while raising the bar for their team.

Leaders who want to figure out what type of company or work is the best fit for their strengths and leadership style

Who is this course for

What you’ll get out of this course

Are you a turnaround guru? Visionary leader? Team builder? Are you uniquely able to see the special talent in others? Stay extra calm under pressure? Follow a proven method to identity your superpower based on your strengths and passions.

Discover Your Leadership Superpowers

Startups look for visionaries. Scaling growth companies look for seasoned operators. Work with me to transition to projects and places where you'll be invaluable to the business.

Supercharge your impact at work - become irreplaceable and get promoted

Learn tactics to advocate for your business impact and wins. Get feedback from myself and the community on your personal brand -- the external articulation of your superpower.

Build your personal brand to land a stretch role 

Superpowers help you deliver more impact with less work. Learn tactics and frameworks to improve your energy flow throughout the day, recharge quickly between meetings, and maintain a sustainable workload while taking on stretch projects.

Decrease your stress and improve your work-life balance 

Get tailored support throughout the course through projects and live Q&amp;A sessions. Hear directly from Yue how she aligned her superpower to her career, landing her in the C-suite and a 7-figure income in 15 years.

Get personalized feedback (not just theory)

Chart your path to the executive level by leaning into your leadership superpowers. Find environments that value you for who you are.

AI-Powered Stakeholder Management

Pitching an idea is not about writing a doc. Learn how to get buy-in for your ideas every time.

Well-tested framework for pitching your ideas

Difficult stakeholder? Tricky group meeting? Use AI to run scenarios and help you prep.

Prep for your conversations with AI

Sometimes, it's not about logic. It's about managing your emotions and fears.

Practice your emotional responses

How To Frame Your Ideas So They Are Heard

Chief Product Officer, Ex-Meta, Instagram, Thumbtack, Executive Coach to VP+

Learn what people think matters and what truly matters when it comes to landing your ideas. Hint: it's not the data.

Common mistakes leaders make when trying to be heard

Learn how to quickly reframe your approach to put the other person first and lower their defensiveness.

Two proven frameworks for buy-in even when you disagree

Sharpen these timeless skills using GenAI to prep and refine your approach.

How to use AI as your practice partner

How To Use GenAI to Nail Executive Communication

Executive Coach, CPTO, Author

Use GenAI to come up with FAQs for your executive meeting. Practice your answers and get feedback

Prompts to Help You Prepare

Use videos to get feedback on your executive presence and catch quirks

Recording Videos for Feedback

Use GenAI to uplevel your communication or tailor it to your specific audience.

Prompts to Uplevel

How To Say What Truly Matters in Leadership Interviews

CTO & CTO, Executive Coach, Author, Ex-Meta, Thumbtack, McKinsey

What is the interviewer really looking for? What is the question behind the question? Get curious to Get Relevant

How to Uncover What Truly Matters to the Interviewer

When is it your turn to ask questions? How do you ask them most effectively?

How and When to Ask Probing Questions

Learn how to influence how hiring teams think about "the Top candidate."

What Most Qualified Candidates Miss At The End

Nail Your Executive Presence in High Stakes Settings

Chief Product & Technology Officer, Leadership coach, Author, Ex-Meta, McKinsey

Lorraine K. Lee

Teaches communication @ Stanford Continuing Studies, Speaker, Prev. Dir @ Prezi

How to facilitate well as a contributor, leader, or executive

How to Manage the Room Based On Your Seniority

How to "think on your feet" when you need to think before you speak

3 Tips for introverts to increase their presence

2 frameworks for communicating with confidence with executives.

How to speak with confidence with executives

How High Performing Execs Manage Their Time

Chief Product Officer turned Career Coach; Ex-Meta, McKinsey, Thumbtack

Allyson Letteri

VP Marketing at Handshake, Startup Advisor

Our calendar dictates how we spend time. Putting thought and effort into it ensures priorities are truly priorities

Calendar management to enforce prioritization

How calendar planning is done differs by horizon. Learn what to look for and why.

Build the quarter, 2-week, daily plan

Allyson will discuss how priorities change for a PMM, VP of Marketing, or startup advisor.

Learn how priorities vary by role

Uncover Your Leadership Superpower to Elevate Your Career

Learn common types of superpowers and where they're most valued

4 examples of leadership superpowers

Proven ways to identify and focus on what makes your leadership unique and irreplacable.

4 ways to hone in on your superpower

Adapt your schedule, project priorities, and more to regain energy and deliver more value.

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