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Executive advisor
Board decks, board meetings, M&A, international expansion, change management and a pre-mortem for any big plan.
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- Board Deck Builder
Use when building a board deck, investor update or QBR from all C-suite perspectives. Structures the narrative and how to deliver bad news.
- Board Meeting Protocol
Use a strategic question that needs a structured multi-executive deliberation. Runs six phases: context, isolated C-suite views, critic, synthesis, founder review and decision.
- Chief of Staff
Use when a founder question needs routing to the right C-suite advisor, or a cross-functional decision needs a board meeting convened. Loads company context, synthesizes the…
- Competitive Intelligence
Use for competitor analysis, battlecards, win/loss review or positioning against alternatives. Builds a tracking system that feeds positioning, sales and roadmap.
- Change Management Playbook
Use when rolling out a reorg, pivot, tool switch, leadership change or product kill. Plans it with ADKAR, communication templates and resistance patterns.
- Internal Narrative Builder
Use when preparing an all-hands, investor update, recruiting pitch or crisis message, or when stories told to different audiences drift apart. Keeps one company story and flags…
- International Expansion
Use when expanding to a new country: market selection, entry mode, localization, regulation and regional go-to-market.
- M&A Playbook
Buy a company or sell yours: diligence, valuation, terms, integration. Use whenever M&A or an exit comes up.
- Culture Architect
Use when defining company values, turning them into behaviors, assessing culture health or designing rituals. Treats culture as operating behavior, not posters.
- Founder Development Coach
Use when a founder is the bottleneck, can't delegate, is burning out or is moving from IC to CEO. Covers delegation, energy and calendar audits, blind spots and succession.
- Pre-Mortem Plan Analysis
Pre-mortem a plan: assume it failed in 12 months and work back to the assumptions, dependencies and execution risks. Use whenever the user will commit serious resources or…
- Business Assumption Stress Testing
Stress-test a plan built on untested assumptions. Use whenever the user bets on a hockey-stick model or long pilot.
- Framework for Decisions With No Good Options
Use for a decision where every option hurts (layoff vs down round, killing a loved product). Runs 10/10/10 and regret minimization.
- Honest Analysis of What Went Wrong
Use after a failed launch, missed quarter or bad hire. Runs a blameless 5-Whys with a change register.
- Board Meeting Preparation
Use before a board meeting, investor update or fundraising pitch where the numbers will be challenged. Drills numbers cold, anticipates the hard questions and builds a narrative…
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Frequently asked questions
What is in the Executive advisor skill set?
15 skills: Board Deck Builder, Board Meeting Protocol, Chief of Staff, Competitive Intelligence, Change Management Playbook, Internal Narrative Builder, and 9 more.
Is the Executive advisor skill set free?
Yes. It is published by Alireza Rezvani under the MIT licence and works with a free Phở account.
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