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In this masterclass, attendees will learn how to elevate their partnership with C-suite leaders by blending critical thinking, emotional resilience, and empowered decision making.
At the highest levels of business, exceptional EAs are strategic thought partners who help steer organizational success. Collaborating with an executive and adapting a proactive and anticipatory approach can be one of the most challenging and rewarding dynamics of the role. Creating an effective partnership is achieved with deliberate purpose, experience, reflection, and a commitment to effective two-way, honest and open communication. The session will focus on how high-level EAs can deepen their influence, strengthen executive alignment, and operate with the foresight and confidence of a trusted advisor.
Learning Objectives:
- Redefine Your Strategic Value: Create an individual “EA Impact Map” to evaluate your Assets, Gaps, Hurdles, and Prospects, and establish key performance indicators that set you up for success.
- Decode Executive Priorities and Styles: Identify communication gaps and alignment mismatches, and how to effectively adapt and recalibrate.
- Build and Sustain Executive Trust: Implement the 3 Pillars of Partnership: Relevance, Credibility, Confidential Stewardship.
- Master High-Level Communication: Discover specific tools for ensuring clarity and practicing conciseness.
- Lead with Emotional Resilience: Practice confident assertiveness techniques to manage up effectively.
- Navigate High-Stakes Situations with Poise: Transform tense moments by using the model of Awareness and Reframing to manage conflict and communication bottlenecks. Understand the key elements of effective situational awareness.
