Advanced Executive Office Strategy and OperationsLeadership and management

In any city around the world 00447455203759 Course Code: s

Course Description

Introduction

This course equips executive office professionals to operate as a strategic hub for the CEO and leadership team—translating priorities into an effective operating rhythm, strengthening decision support, and ensuring smooth execution across stakeholders, governance, and key initiatives.

 

Course Objectives

• Translate CEO strategy into clear priorities, cadence, and workflows

• Build a reliable executive operating system for meetings and follow-up

• Produce decision-ready briefs, dashboards, and executive updates

• Coordinate governance, stakeholders, and high-stakes engagements

• Strengthen risk, confidentiality, and issue escalation practices

 

Target Audience

• CEO Office Managers / Executive Office Managers

• Senior Executive Assistants supporting C-suite leaders

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

 

Course Outlines

Day 1: Strategy Translation and CEO Office Priorities

• Understanding strategy, KPIs, and executive priorities

• Turning goals into quarterly/monthly focus areas

• Defining the CEO office “service menu” and standards

• Activity: Build a priority map aligned to CEO goals

 

Day 2: Executive Operating Rhythm and Meeting Governance

• Designing weekly, monthly, and quarterly operating cadence

• Meeting governance: agendas, pre-reads, decisions, actions

• Action tracking: owners, deadlines, and accountability loops

• Exercise: Create a meeting rhythm and action tracker template

 

Day 3: Decision Support and Executive Communications

• Decision briefs: problem, options, risks, recommendation

• Writing concise updates: one-page reports and talking points

• Managing information flow: intake, triage, and version control

• Workshop: Draft a decision brief and executive update

 

Day 4: Stakeholder Management and High-Stakes Execution

• Stakeholder mapping: influence, interests, and alignment plan

• Coordinating cross-functional work without formal authority

• Planning high-stakes events: board, investor, VIP, media-ready moments

• Case practice: Deliver an end-to-end engagement plan

 

Day 5: Operational Excellence, Risk, and Continuous Improvement

• Confidentiality, discretion, and records management basics

• Issue escalation and crisis support: roles, timelines, comms loop

• Continuous improvement: simplifying workflows and removing bottlenecks

• Action planning: 30–60–90 day roadmap for your executive office