Executive Communication and Leadership Flashcards

These flashcards cover key concepts from Deepali Vyas regarding high-level executive communication, the difference between 'operator' and 'reporter' styles, and how to maintain authority in a boardroom.

Deepali Vyas

An elite recruiter and executive coach who teaches how to communicate, lead, and make decisions like a boss.

Communication Sabotage

The habit of presenting a recommendation and immediately listing potential risks or things that could go wrong, giving others a pathway to disagree.

Boardroom Confidence

Defined as clarity, not disclaimers; leaders present a decision and the reasons it is right rather than presenting both sides like a debate team.

Operator Concept

A communication style for executives where one makes a call and stands on it, as opposed to acting like a reporter who covers both angles.

Reporter Trap

A communication habit where an individual presents both sides of an argument, which weakens their position and executive presence in a boardroom setting.

Corporate Truth

The concept that a message loses power not because the speaker is wrong, but because they overexplain.

Intellectual Honesty (in communication context)

A justification some speakers use for sharing downsides of their own plan, which often backfires by handing critics a script to doubt the decision.