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Preparing for a one-on-one with senior executives

Preparing for a one-on-one with senior executives

From the course: High-Stakes Presentation Skills for Leaders and Managers

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Preparing for a one-on-one with senior executives

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- You're a few weeks into launching your new enterprise strategy. As the VP of Marketing, you have a one-to-one scheduled with the CEO, a chance to update them on progress, discuss priorities and get their input. This meeting isn't just about sharing updates, it's an opportunity to position yourself as a trusted advisor. You'll want to start by considering why you're having the meeting. Maybe it's to showcase progress on strategy rollout, or to seek the CEO's input on priorities, challenges or approval for key decisions. Executives like the CEO often don't have full visibility into your work. This is your chance to align them with your efforts and ensure that your strategy has their support. You'll also want to understand their perspective. Senior executives like the CEO evaluate most things through three key filters: revenue, how's this strategy driving growth, costs, is it efficient and cost effective, and risks, what could go wrong and how are we mitigating it? For example, in this…

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