# Prepare my update and asks for a senior leadership team meeting

Talking points for representing your team in a leadership meeting: headline, decisions needed, risks, and answers to tough questions.

- Topic: Leadership & Management
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Meetings, Leadership, Code, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/prepare-my-update-and-asks-for-a-senior-leadership-team-meeting

## Prompt

```text
Help me prepare what I'll say when I represent my team or function in a senior leadership meeting.

**Meeting and audience:** [e.g. "monthly exec team meeting - CEO, CFO, COO"]
**My slot:** [MINUTES I have, and whether it's an update, a decision, or a discussion]
**What's going on in my area:** [PASTE notes, metrics, status, wins, problems]
**What I need from them:** [decision, budget, headcount, air cover, a trade-off, nothing]
**Their current priorities and sensitivities:** [what they care about right now]
**Anything they may already have heard:** [rumors, escalations, bad numbers]

Give me:
1. **My headline** - one sentence on where things stand, said in the first 20 seconds.
2. **3-5 talking points** in priority order, each with the supporting number or fact from my notes.
3. **The ask**, worded so it can be answered yes or no, with the consequence of each answer.
4. **Bad news handled early:** how to raise any miss or risk plainly, with what I'm doing about it.
5. **Likely tough questions** (6-8), especially from finance and the CEO, with short answers.
6. **What to leave out** - detail that will pull the meeting off track.
7. **A 60-second version** in case my slot gets cut.

Rules: use only numbers from my notes; mark anything I need to check as [CONFIRM]. No spin - if something is off track, say so. Write in short sentences I can say aloud.
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## What to fill in

- e.g. "monthly exec team meeting - CEO, CFO, COO"
- PASTE notes, metrics, status, wins, problems
- decision, budget, headcount, air cover, a trade-off, nothing
- what they care about right now
- rumors, escalations, bad numbers
- CONFIRM

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