AI-Powered Executive Presence, Communication, and Influence
Yue Zhao
CPTO, Executive Coach, Founder
Get credited, be heard, and get promoted. With AI as your secret weapon.
Based on her experience rising from PM to CPO in 10 years, coaching 300+ leaders from Google, Anthropic, Stripe, Amazon, OpenAI, Twilio, Fidelity, and more.
🏆 A Maven Top 100 Course
💫 Yue Zhao is a former CPTO, founder, and venture partner with 35,000+ followers on Substack and LinkedIn
---You meet or exceed your goals. You get praise for your work. But another project gets funded. Your peer gets promoted. Why?This course teaches you about the gap between doing and leading, and how to get the credit you deserve and the influence you need to get to senior leadership.
You'll learn the frameworks that experienced leaders use to command rooms, land ideas, and build the relationships that drive decisions. Then you'll build those frameworks directly into your AI so the next time you prep for a high-stakes meeting, draft an executive update, or map a tricky stakeholder, you have a prepared strategic partner already on your side.
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Want a sneak peek? Try a free AI exercise that helps you with non-verbal presence from the course: https://practice.theuncommonexecutive.com/
What you’ll learn
Project confidence in front of executives, handle tough situations with ease, and get promoted.
Learn to command attention and project confidence, particularly in front of executives.
How to get visibility without feeling like bragging
Use AI to spot the negative patterns in how you speak and help you improve
Master the frameworks behind brilliant executive communication: the 90-second summary, BLUF, SCR, and more.
Practice applying these frameworks to your work live or through projects with direct feedback from Yue
Hand those frameworks to AI so it can turn your rambling voice notes into crisp, tailored updates in seconds.
How to handle unexpected questions well without rambling.
How to remain calm and sharp in hostile or aggressive situations from colleagues without getting defensive
How to recover from f-ups and mistakes in real time with executives.
How and where to invest your time in relationship-building without feeling inauthentic
How to persuade other teams with different motivations or goals to support you
How to own your impact and work while giving others chances to shine
How to become a strategic thought partner to executives and get them to hear your ideas
How to work within business cycles to get your ideas and proposals heard
How to build your personal brand and manage what stories get told about you and your work
Learn directly from Yue
Yue Zhao
Chief Product & Technology Officer, Executive Coach, Writer
Who this course is for
You're a Senior Manager, Director, or Principal IC at a tech company with 4+ years of experience
You do great work but aren't getting the recognition or promotion. You feel talked over in meetings or passed over for key opportunities.
You want AI to help you think and navigate, to be your strategic partners and secret weapon in corporate politics.
What's included
Only in live cohorts
Live sessions
Learn directly from Yue Zhao in a real-time, interactive format.
Live Role-Play Practices
Individual feedback on top-of-mind challenges. Role-play and practice during breakouts with your peers.
Live Coaching from Yue every session
Yue coaches students live on their actual communication, in real time. This isn't watching a recording. It's real feedback on your real presence.
Live and self-paced cohorts include
Personalized Written Feedback
Every student gets tailored written feedback on their take-home projects from Yue personally.
AI Prompts, Scripts, & Playbooks For Your Secret Weapon
Purpose-built for your situations: prepping for difficult exec conversations, drafting executive updates, analyzing your communication patterns, mapping your stakeholder landscape. Steal them, adapt them, use them forever.
A Peer Community That Gets It.
Breakout sessions and discussions with senior managers and directors from top tech companies facing the same challenges.
Certificate of completion
Showcase your new skills to employers and add an official badge to your LinkedIn profile.
Lifetime access + Free retakes
Go back to the course content and recordings whenever you need to. Go deeper in a future cohort at no additional cost.
Maven Guarantee
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Course syllabus
Live sessions
6 hrs / week
3 live sessions (2 hours each)
Projects
2 hrs / week
Each student receives tailored feedback on their take-home assignments from Yue, providing another layer of personalized learning for each student.
Async content
3 hrs / week
Weekly project work with individual feedback from Yue personally.
Week 1
Dec
8
Session 1: Executive Presence and How AI Helps You See What You Can't
What Is Executive Presence?
Body Language: Posture, Facial Expressions, Gestures
Pace, Tone, and Voice that Commands Attention
Having Presence Virtually
Filler and Unnecessary Phrases
Dec
10
Session 2: Communication Frameworks and AI as Your Ghostwriter
Leading With The Outcome
Facilitation vs Participation
How To Say No
Redirect and Sidestep Hostile Comments
How To Structure On The Spot
Week 2
Dec
14
Session 3: Influence & Relationships with AI as Your Strategist
Map Your Influence: See Where Decisions Actually Get Made
Build the Relationships That Move Things Forward
Designing and Managing The Room
Prepare Well. Show Up Grounded.
Free resources
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This course is not for you if...
You're looking for a technical AI course
You're early-career or in an individual contributor role with no stakeholder management responsibilities
You want a self-paced course with no live interaction or coaching.
Frequently asked questions
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