Speaking and Workshops
Hear Yue speak on podcasts, corporate workshops, and more. As a CPTO, entrepreneur, and experienced executive coach, Yue packs powerful insights, practical strategies, and authentic guidance in quick succession to elevate your leadership and drive accelerated career growth.
Finding Your Leadership Superpower
With Product Leaders Summit
We build valuable solutions all day long with well-defined target customers and impactful value propositions that make our customers want us to shut up and take their money! Yet, it's not always obvious that we should approach our own careers with the same strategic mindset.
Yue helps us reframe decisions about our skills, traits, and career choices in this insightful session.
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Using AI to Nail Executive Communication
With Yue Zhao
Discover how to utilize artificial intelligence to enhance your communication skills and influence in executive settings.
Gain practical strategies for structuring your thoughts to ensure they resonate effectively with senior stakeholders.
Unlock the power of AI to refine your message, making it more impactful and ensuring your insights are heard.
How To Frame Your Ideas So They Are Heard
With Yue Zhao (2500+ attendees)
Do your brilliant ideas often go unnoticed? This workshop provides practical frameworks to articulate complex thoughts clearly and persuasively. Learn to structure your message, anticipate objections, and communicate with undeniable impact.
From Product Leader to Executive Coach
With Supra Insider
In this in-depth conversation, Yue shares her personal journey and the insights she's gained along the way that can help other leaders navigate their own paths.
Badass Women: Playing to Win
With Bonnie Marcus
Yue Zhao's career is rooted in a desire to help people. As a child, she wanted to be a doctor. Her path led her into the tech industry, where she spent over 15 years as a product executive in Silicon Valley. Inspired by her own experience with executive coaching and driven by her commitment to support underrepresented groups, Yue transitioned from a tech executive to a full-time executive coach. She now focuses on advancing the careers of women and minorities by leveraging her unique insights and personal journey. Hear Yue share valuable lessons on leadership, overcoming challenges, and creating more inclusive workplaces.
The New Executive Playbook
With Hannah at The Product Manager Podcast
Starting a new job is tough—but stepping into an executive role is an entirely different challenge. With high stakes, unrealistic expectations, and all eyes on you, how do you navigate this transition successfully?
In this episode, we explore the realities of executive life, adapting to new dynamics, and essential steps beyond the typical 90-day plan.
Executive Presence: Building Your Influence
With Reforge
Join Yue Zhao in a discussion about how to improve your formal and informal authority within an organization, and get practice tips to improve your executive presence & communication.
This session provides actionable strategies for building influence across your organization regardless of your formal position.
How To Say What Truly Matters in Leadership Interviews
With Yue Zhao
Many senior leaders who are qualified for a particular role don't land the best offer. Learn how to really hone in on What Matters to your interviewers, address your audience, and influence the hiring decision at senior leadership levels.
How High Performing Executives Manage Their Time
With Allyson Letteri
It's not sexy, but proactive calendar planning is a proven technique to ensure you spend your time on the most impactful work and lets you know when you're taking on too much.
Learn how-tos based on your role, seniority, and the time horizon. Join this live lesson with Allyson Letteri, former VP of Marketing at Handshake, and Yue Zhao, former CPO at Thumbtack.
Product Management Leadership
With Tom on the Fireside PM Podcast
Yue Zhao, former CPO, big tech product leader, and now leadership coach shares about the unique role of CPO as well as challenges facing female tech executives and strategies that can help them reach their goals.
This conversation provides valuable insights for both aspiring and current product leaders looking to advance their careers.
Self Advocacy in Senior Roles
With Reforge
Learn how to become a better self-advocate for your work if you feel shy about it or don't want to brag.
Corporate Engagements
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Employee Workshops
  • Length: 1 hour - 3 hours
  • Format: Presentation with Q&A or Fireside Chat
  • Attendees: 15-50 people
  • Topics: Executive presence, scalable communication, self-advocacy, finding your superpower, delegation and empowerment…
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Keynotes
  • Length: 30 min, 45 min, 60 min
  • Format: virtual or in-person
  • Topics: leadership with AI, empowering teams, executive presence, and navigating bias and stereotypes.
Custom workshops and trainings available upon request.
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