Outsmart the Room: AI-Powered Executive Communication and Influence
Yue Zhao
Chief Product Officer, Executive Coach
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Get heard. Get credited. Get promoted. With AI as your secret weapon.
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You're a high performer. So why aren't you being treated like one?You deliver results. You get strong reviews. But in the meetings that matter, with the executives who matter, you're talked over, passed over, or simply not in the room.
This is not about doing more work. It's how you show up.
This course teaches you to use AI as a strategic partner who knows your stakeholders, your communication gaps, and your political landscape, and helps you navigate all of it.
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.
No coding. No intimidating connectors or API calls. Simple prompts and playbooks for your AI that transform how you show up.
What you’ll learn
Use AI to make you irreplaceable. Build a system that works every time with prompts, skills, playbooks, and more.
Know how to command attention, slow down, and project confidence
Use AI to spot the patterns in how you speak that you'd never catch yourself.
Master the frameworks behind crisp executive communication: the 90-second summary, BLUF, SCR, and more.
Hand those frameworks to AI so it can turn your rambling voice notes into crisp, tailored updates in seconds.
Use AI to simulate your toughest stakeholders so you can practice responding to their objections, emotions, and more.
Learn the somatic techniques to arrive at your meetings calm, sharp, and ready.
Map your influence, find the gaps, and know where to invest in building.
Use AI to track stakeholder preferences and surface the moves that will get you to "yes."
Start being a strategic thought partner. Get noticed, get credited, and get promoted.
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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
Live sessions
Learn directly from Yue Zhao in a real-time, interactive format.
Personalized Feedback
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.
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.
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Course syllabus
3 live sessions • 25 lessons • 4 projects
Week 1
Jun
16
Session 1: Executive Presence and How AI Helps You See What You Can't
What Non-Verbal Signals Are Costing You (Without You Knowing)
How to Show Up Powerfully In the Room and On Screen
Pace, Tone, and the Voice That Commands Attention
Jun
18
Session 2: Communication Frameworks and AI as Your Ghostwriter
Know Your Audience And Context Before You Speak
Words That Land: Turn Any Voice Note Into a Sharp Executive Update
Thinking On Your Feet: Frameworks for High-Pressure Moments
Week 2
Free resources
Schedule
Live sessions
6 hrs / week
3 live sessions (2 hours each)
Tue, Jun 16
6:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
Thu, Jun 18
6:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
Tue, Jun 23
6:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
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.
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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.
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