Love all these tips. I used to be very nervous talking to C-suite. I knew they were busy and that I needed to make my meetings with them effective because they will be short and often rare. I noticed that because of their lack of time, they tend to prefer meetings that: 1. Move the needle; 2. Benefit from their attention; - I wish you had mentioned here the value of reports. One sheets saved my life in the past. 3. Build relationships with trusted individuals - which goes back to your point on building rapport. Over time, I learn to focus on the relevant information that is not to macro or to micro, but just the key data points they need and I will bring key questions that I need them to answer. I think using dashboards like the ones Hive provides was definitely a gamechanger in the way I approach my analytics and reporting skills with execs. This could be another great point to one of your videos! Whatever you do, just keep them coming. Really good content here!

I would add the higher the person is, the less patience they have for less than succinct communication. They generally value you less as a person and more as a commodity that's either going to add value or not. There's a certain amount of ruthlessness it takes to get up there

Mary thank you so much for these videos. They are so perfect.

Excellent video & content. Thank you!!

Excellent

all valid and true points, but all also pretty much common sense.

This is all very helpful to get yourself noticed but this doesn't address the key area which is how going forward you need to gain an agreement esp. if the topic or subject is contentious but needs a tough C-suite decision.

Thanks for listing all what’s but how factor is still difficult.. can you please share how to best make all these things happen?

Aman to that!

Do you have any tips for getting employees to exemplify this for a smaller business? I bend over backwards but... that's a long story.

What would you do when your executive director pays no attention to you? She just ignore you for whatever you say. She oftens put you down and harass you.

If you are ready to move into the executive level, and you still have stage fright, then you are not ready. Stage fright should have been resolved when you were a mid-level manager. Let's move on to expression styles, topics and context that reflect an executive value system.

I've done all of this and contact/employment was still ended due to cheap companies not having enough money to keep me. Some times it's the Race Pill but overall during these bad economic times a lot of peopel with these C-suite are still let go.

Oh dear…