Advanced Executive Office Management SkillsLeadership and management

In any city around the world 00447455203759 Course Code: s

Course Description

Introduction

This course builds advanced capabilities to run a high-performing executive office that enables the CEO and senior leadership to execute strategy smoothly, communicate clearly, and make better decisions with speed and discretion.

 

Course Objectives

• Strengthen strategic support for the CEO, Senior leaders and executive teams

• Improve priority, calendar, and workflow management at executive level

• Produce concise, decision-ready briefs and executive communications

• Coordinate high-stakes meetings, governance, and stakeholders confidently

• Apply risk, confidentiality, and issue-management practices consistently

 

Target Audience

• CEO Office Managers / Executive Office Managers/ Senior leader Office Managers

• Senior Executive Assistants supporting C-suite leaders

• Chiefs of Staff (early to mid-level) and executive coordinators

 

Course Outlines

Day 1: The CEO/Senior leader Office as a Strategic Function

• Role clarity: gatekeeper, integrator, and force multiplier

• Understanding CEO/Senior leader priorities, rhythms, and decision style

• Designing “one office” ways of working with key teams

• Activity: Map your CEO/Senior leader office stakeholders and value-add points

 

Day 2: Executive Operating Rhythm and Calendar Mastery

• Turning strategy into a weekly/monthly operating cadence

• Calendar as a leadership tool: focus, trade-offs, boundaries

• Meeting hygiene: agendas, pre-reads, owners, actions

• Exercise: Rebuild a sample CEO week for impact and realism

 

Day 3: Executive Communication and Decision Briefing

• Writing for executives: clarity, brevity, and “so what”

• Building a decision brief: options, risks, recommendation

• Handling sensitive messages: tone, timing, and alignment

• Workshop: Draft a one-page brief from a messy input pack

 

Day 4: Governance, Stakeholders, and High-Stakes Events

• Board/ExCom support: packs, minutes, follow-up, version control

• Stakeholder coordination: internal alignment and external readiness

• Event execution: investors, visits, media, VIP protocols

• Case practice: Plan and run a board meeting end-to-end

 

Day 5: Risk, Confidentiality, and Issue Management

• Confidentiality and discretion: practical standards and behaviors

• Managing issues: escalation paths, decision logs, communications loop

• Crisis support basics: rapid coordination and information integrity

• Action planning: 30–60–90 day improvement plan for your office