AI prompts for executives and senior leaders

Business Strategy & Startups prompts

• Write a business planA complete, realistic business plan: market, model, operations, financials, and risks.
• Write a strategic planVision, priorities, goals, initiatives, and measures for a company, team, or nonprofit.
• Write a one-page business planTurns your idea into a one-page business plan covering problem, customer, offer, channels, costs, revenue and the key risks.
• Build the market analysis for my business planStructures the market analysis section: target segments, market size with a clear method, trends and customer needs, with sources flagged.
• Build a three-year financial projection for my business planBuilds a simple three-year projection of revenue, costs, profit and cash with every assumption listed so you can change it.
• Write the marketing and sales section of my business planDrafts the go-to-market section of a business plan: positioning, channels, budget, sales process and the numbers behind them.
• Write a business plan for a local small businessWrites a practical business plan for a café, salon, shop or local service, focused on location, costs and getting customers.
• Research a company in depthA company profile: business model, financials, strategy, leadership, risks, and recent news.
• Do a SWOT analysis that leads to actionStrengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats — plus the strategies that follow from them.
• Write the executive summary of my business planWrites a tight one-page executive summary that a lender or investor can read in two minutes, from your full plan or notes.
• Write the competitive analysis for my business planCompares your business with direct and indirect competitors and states a clear, defensible advantage for your plan.
• Write a business plan for a bank loan applicationWrites a lender-focused business plan that shows repayment ability, collateral and risks clearly, the way a bank reviews it.

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Email & Workplace Communication prompts

• Write an executive update on a projectTurns activity detail into an update leaders can act on: progress, risks, decisions needed.
• Explain a strategy pivot to employees, customers, and investorsA coordinated communication plan and drafts for each audience when the company changes direction.
• Write a monthly investor update with metrics, cash, and asksA concise, honest update to investors with key metrics, wins, challenges, cash position, and specific asks.
• Write investor intro requests and cold emailsA forwardable blurb, intro request, and short cold email that get investors to take a first meeting.
• Write my weekly note to the leadership teamA short weekly CEO note covering priorities, decisions, signals from the field, and asks, so leaders stay aligned between meetings.
• Summarize a security incident for executivesTurns technical incident details into a clear leadership briefing on impact, actions, decisions needed, and next update.
• Summarize a long email in three lines for an executiveBoils a long email down to a three-line summary an executive can read in ten seconds and act on.
• Draft emails in my executive's voice for their approvalReplies written the way my executive actually writes, ready for a quick review and send.
• Tell my board about a missed target or serious problemA prompt, candid board update on bad news with cause, impact, plan, and what you need from directors.
• Write an inbox delegation agreement with my executiveA written email delegation agreement: what I answer, what I flag, what I file, and how urgent items reach my executive.

Productivity & Planning prompts

• Prepare tomorrow's daily briefing for my executiveA one-page brief of tomorrow's meetings, prep needed, decisions waiting, and logistics so my executive walks in ready.
• Plan my executive's business trip itineraryA complete trip plan with meetings, travel, buffers, bookings to make, and a day-by-day itinerary my executive can carry.
• Plan gifts and occasion messages for my executive's key contactsA gift and occasions tracker, policy-safe gift ideas, and card templates for my executive's key relationships.
• Interview a new executive to learn how they like to workA structured intake conversation and working-style profile so I can support a new executive well from week one.
• Turn my executive's voice notes and scribbles into tasks and draftsMessy dictation or handwritten notes converted into a clean task list, drafted emails, and questions to clarify.
• Rebook and reschedule fast when my executive's travel is disruptedA rapid recovery plan when a flight is canceled or delayed: rebooking options, meetings to move, and messages to send.
• Track my executive's open loops in a weekly summaryA weekly status of everything waiting on or from my executive, so nothing stalls and they can clear decisions fast.
• Decide which meeting requests my executive should acceptA triage rule set for incoming meeting requests plus reply templates for accept, decline, delegate, and go-async.
• Sort my task list into deep work, shallow work, and async workTags every task by focus needed, sync vs. async, strategic vs. admin, and reactive vs. proactive so you know how to schedule each.
• Score my task list and turn it into a prioritized action planScores every task on impact, urgency, effort, and strategic fit, then turns the ranking into a dated action plan.

Presentations & Public Speaking prompts

• Structure an executive or board deckAn executive-ready deck structure: answer first, then evidence, options, and the decision needed.
• Create an investor pitch deckA fundraising deck outline that tells a compelling, evidence-based story to investors.
• Reframe my material for a board audienceRewrites operational material into strategic, board-level messages.
• Prepare for tough investor questions in pitch meetingsA question bank with sharp, honest answers and the weak spots to fix before your investor meetings.
• Write a strong closing slide and executive conclusionCreates a closing that restates the key message, makes a clear ask, and ends with next steps instead of 'Any questions?'.
• Present the district budget to the school board and communityTurns a district budget into a clear board presentation explaining revenue, spending, trade-offs, and impact on students.
• Write an all-hands meeting script with honest results and Q&A prepA spoken all-hands script that covers results, hard news, and priorities, plus a prepared Q&A list.
• Turn my rough notes into a 10-slide PowerPoint for executivesShapes messy notes into a tight 10-slide executive deck that leads with the answer and ends with a clear ask.
• Write a one-slide executive summary for my presentation or reportCondenses a deck, report, or analysis into a single executive summary slide that states the answer, evidence, and ask.

Leadership & Management prompts

• Strengthen my executive presenceSpecific ways to come across as clearer, calmer, and more credible with senior audiences.
• Write OKRs from my team's strategic prioritiesTurns strategic priorities into 3-5 well-formed objectives with measurable key results, owners, and a check that they align with company goals.
• Prepare my update and asks for a senior leadership team meetingTalking points for representing your team in a leadership meeting: headline, decisions needed, risks, and answers to tough questions.
• Write the CEO letter that opens my board pre-readA concise CEO report for directors covering performance, key issues, and the decisions you need from the board.
• Plan the onboarding of a new executive who reports to meA 90-day onboarding plan for a new senior leader, covering context, relationships, early wins, and check-ins.
• Lead the executive response in the first 72 hours of a crisisA structured crisis response plan covering facts, decisions, stakeholders, and communications for a CEO in the first three days.
• Build a board skills matrix and recruit new board membersA board composition analysis that shows skill, network, and lived-experience gaps, plus a recruitment and orientation plan.
• Diagnose how well my leadership team works togetherAn assessment of your leadership team's trust, conflict, decisions, and accountability, with a short survey and a fix plan.

Data & Analysis prompts

• Turn my monthly or quarterly numbers into an executive business reviewTurns your numbers into an executive business review: headline, performance vs. plan, drivers, risks, and decisions needed, as a report or slides.
• Estimate how a price change will affect my salesScenario estimates of how a price change or promotion moves units, revenue, and margin, with an adjusted forecast and a test plan.
• Design a one-page company scorecard for my leadership teamA single page of leading and lagging metrics, with owners, targets, and thresholds, that the leadership team reviews every week.
• Turn a raw spreadsheet into a management-ready report with an executive summaryConverts raw spreadsheet data into a clear report for managers: executive summary, key numbers, tables, and recommended actions.
• Explain my Excel model to a non-technical executiveTurns a complex spreadsheet or model into a plain-English walkthrough an executive can follow, trust, and question.
• Analyze why we win and lose dealsA win/loss analysis that finds patterns across closed deals and turns them into changes to targeting, process, and messaging.
• Pick the three insights and five numbers my executives needRanks your findings down to the single most important insight, the top three, the five numbers to watch, and the biggest surprise.

Sales prompts

• Create a competitive battlecardHow to win against a specific competitor: positioning, traps, objections, and proof.
• Prepare for a competitive agency pitchA pitch strategy for winning a new client against other agencies, covering the insight, team, credentials, and the questions to expect.
• Decide whether to approve a discount requestA deal desk review of a discount request that weighs margin, precedent, and give-gets, with an approve, counter, or decline recommendation.
• Get an executive-level meeting on a strategic dealMessages, an agenda, and an internal briefing to secure and prepare an executive-to-executive meeting on a key deal.
• Brief an executive before they join a customer meetingA one-page briefing that tells your executive exactly why they're in the room, what to say, and what not to say.
• Run a win-back campaign for closed-lost opportunitiesSegments old lost deals by loss reason and writes outreach that gives each group a real reason to talk again.

Research & Summaries prompts

• Write an executive research briefTurns research into a short, decision-useful brief for business readers.
• Build a target investor list for my first roundA prioritized list structure with fit criteria and research steps so you pitch investors who actually back companies like yours.
• Build a systematic review search strategyCreates database-ready Boolean search strings with synonyms, controlled vocabulary, and documentation for a systematic or scoping review.
• Build an executive briefing from scattered emails, chats, and documentsPulls emails, Teams or Slack threads, notes, and files into one dated briefing: where things stand, what changed, and what needs deciding.
• Get up to speed on a new topic with an executive briefingA fast primer on an unfamiliar topic: what it is, why it matters to your business, key players, debates, jargon, and smart questions to ask.

Projects & Operations prompts

• Prioritize projects in a portfolioA scoring model to choose which projects to fund, pause, or stop.
• Write a procurement category strategyA sourcing plan for a spend category: market, needs, options, and roadmap.
• Write an executive project status reportA RAG status report: progress, risks, decisions needed, and next steps.
• Write a change request that gets through the change boardDrafts a complete change request with risk, testing, rollback, and communication so approvers can say yes quickly.
• Build a one-page project dashboard for executives in Excel or PowerPointDesigns a one-page project dashboard with the right KPIs, RAG indicators, and layout, built from your project data.

HR & Hiring prompts

• Build an inclusion and diversity strategyPractical, evidence-based actions to make hiring, promotion, and culture fairer.
• Write an outcome-based scorecard for an executive hireA scorecard defining mission, measurable outcomes, and competencies for a senior hire, used to align interviewers and recruiters.
• Find and recruit an independent board directorA profile, sourcing plan, outreach message, and evaluation process for adding an independent director to your board.
• Write a confidential position spec for an executive searchA polished, discreet executive position specification covering the mandate, success profile, and candidate pitch.
• Create a sales role-play to assess account executive candidatesA realistic role-play exercise for sales interviews with a buyer script, scoring rubric, and consistent instructions for every candidate.

Meetings prompts

• Write formal minutes for a board or committee meetingAccurate, formally structured minutes recording attendance, quorum, motions, resolutions, and actions - ready for chair review.
• Plan the board pack timeline and chase contributorsA backward-planned schedule for assembling the board pack, with owners, deadlines, and reminder messages that keep it on time.
• Run a prioritization workshop with stakeholdersA facilitation plan that gets competing stakeholders to agree on priorities using shared criteria.
• Turn a meeting transcript into a one-page executive briefCondenses a long meeting or transcript into a short brief or update a busy executive can read in two minutes.
• Design a leadership team offsite that ends in real decisionsAn offsite agenda with pre-work, sessions, facilitation notes, and a decision log so the time produces outcomes.

Writing & Editing prompts

• Write an executive-ready documentStructures a business document so senior readers get the point, the evidence, and the ask fast.
• Rewrite a message or document for a senior executiveRewrites for a time-poor senior reader: bottom line first, decisions clear, detail trimmed.
• Write a staff report recommending action to a council or boardA council or board staff report with background, analysis, fiscal impact, options, and a recommended motion elected officials can act on.
• Write a concise executive summary for an audit reportCondenses a full audit report into a one-page summary with an overall opinion, key messages, and management commitments.

Content & Social Media prompts

• Build a content strategyAudience, goals, content pillars, formats, channels, and how you'll measure success.
• Create a social media strategyPlatform choice, content mix, posting rhythm, community, and growth plan for a brand or creator.
• Ghostwrite LinkedIn posts for an executiveLinkedIn posts in an executive's real voice, with a voice profile, post ideas, and a review process.
• Analyze a competitor's content and find angles they missA teardown of a competitor's blog, social, or newsletter content with gaps and angles you can own.

Finance & Accounting prompts

• Prepare a board financial pack and talking pointsA board-ready financial summary with key messages and anticipated questions.
• Reconcile my executive's receipts and prepare the expense reportA clean, policy-checked expense report from a pile of receipts, with missing items and policy issues flagged.
• Plan a bridge or down-round conversation with my existing investorsA plan and talking points for raising an insider bridge or a lower-valuation round, with options, terms to expect, and how to keep trust.
• Compare startup investor term sheets and what I'm giving upA side-by-side comparison of equity term sheets in plain English, showing dilution, control, and downside economics.

Fun & Games prompts

• Settle a rules argument in a board or card gameA neutral ruling on a game dispute, based on the official rules, with fair options when the rules are unclear.
• Choose the right board game for my groupBoard and card game recommendations matched to your group's size, ages, experience, budget, and taste.
• Learn the rules of a board or card game fastA quick, plain-language rules walkthrough for any game, with a first-turn example and beginner strategy tips.
• Get better at a strategy game I already playA personal improvement plan for chess, a card game, or a board game, with practice drills and common mistakes to fix.

Marketing & Brand prompts

• Analyze my competitorsCompetitor positioning, offers, strengths, weaknesses, and the gaps you can win.
• Write an effectiveness or creative awards entry for a campaignA structured awards case (challenge, insight, idea, execution, results) that meets entry rules and proves impact without overclaiming.
• Set up social listening to track my brand and competitor mentionsA listening plan with keyword queries, tools, a co-mention analysis method, and a monthly report format for your brand and competitors.

Legal & Compliance prompts

• Write a board paper or governance briefingA board paper with context, options, recommendation, and resolution wording.
• Draft board resolutions or a written consentDrafts recitals and resolutions for a board or shareholder approval, with authorizations, conditions, and a checklist of supporting steps.
• Draft a risk appetite statement leadership can useWrites a risk appetite statement with a qualitative stance and measurable limits for each risk category, ready for leadership review.

Career & Job Search prompts

• Write an executive or C-suite resumeA senior-level resume that leads with scale, strategy, and results, tailored to board and executive search expectations in your target market.
• Redesign my role around more strategic, higher-value workShifts your time from operational tasks to strategic work, with what to drop, delegate, or automate and how to agree it with your manager.
• Make the case for my promotion from SDR to account executiveA promotion case built on your results, closing-readiness evidence, and a plan for ramping as an AE.

Learning & Teaching prompts

• Build a pacing strategy for full-length admissions practice testsTime checkpoints per section, skip-and-guess rules, a stamina plan, and a method for reviewing each full test.
• Plan a response to a recurring behavior problem in my classroomA function-based plan for persistent disruptive behavior, with prevention, response steps, tracking, and family communication.
• Master one admissions test question type with a strategy and drillsHow a tricky question type works, a step-by-step method, its common traps, and graded practice items with explanations.

Product & UX Design prompts

• Set product vision, strategy, and OKRsVision, strategy, and outcome-based OKRs for a product or team.
• Run a UX teardown of a competitor's product flowBreaks down how competitors handle a specific user flow step by step, comparing patterns, friction, and ideas worth borrowing or avoiding.

Thinking & Decisions prompts

• Evaluate a speaking or event invitation for my executiveA quick assessment of whether an invitation is worth my executive's time, plus the reply and logistics questions to ask.

Software Development prompts

• Design a caching strategy with safe invalidationDecides what to cache, where, and for how long, with invalidation rules and failure modes so the cache doesn't serve wrong data.