Claude Prompts for Executive
Prompts for strategy, communications, and board prep.
27 prompts
Evaluate a potential acquisition target
advancedProduce a structured acquisition target evaluation memo that separates strategic fit, financial logic, and integration risk so leadership can make a real go/no-go decision.
Write a quarterly all-hands narrative
intermediateDraft the spoken narrative for a quarterly all-hands — the through-line a CEO actually says out loud, not the slide bullets.
Draft a one-page annual strategic plan
advancedTurn raw inputs about the business into a sharp, one-page annual strategic plan that the leadership team can actually rally around.
Outline a complete board deck
intermediateGenerate a slide-by-slide outline for a quarterly board deck — with the headline, the supporting points, and the speaker note for each slide.
Draft a board meeting agenda
intermediateBuild a board meeting agenda that allocates time deliberately — protecting space for the strategic discussions that actually matter and not letting status updates eat the room.
Anticipate and prepare for board Q&A
advancedGenerate the likely board questions for an upcoming meeting, with drafted answers and the strategic frame to hold while answering them.
Write the narrative section of a board update
advancedDraft the CEO letter that opens a board update — the 1–2 page narrative that frames the quarter and tells the board what the data is actually saying.
Generate a business model canvas for a new initiative
intermediateProduce a tight, decision-ready business model canvas for a new product, business unit, or initiative — useful as a one-page artifact for early validation.
Memo recommending capital allocation across initiatives
advancedDraft a capital allocation memo that recommends how to deploy a defined budget across competing initiatives, with the trade-offs made explicit and a clear recommendation.
Write a company-wide update email
beginnerDraft a company-wide email from the CEO that lands news, context, and direction without sounding corporate.
Strategic competitive analysis for the leadership team
advancedProduce a strategic-level competitive analysis that goes beyond feature checklists to surface where competitors are actually winning, what their moves signal about the market, and how leadership should respond.
Devil's advocate — strongest case against a plan, then triage
advancedArgue the strongest case against a proposed plan, then identify which of those arguments are decisive versus which are just noise.
Draft an executive memo to the leadership team
intermediateGenerate a tight, decision-oriented memo to the leadership team that surfaces the issue, the recommendation, and the decision asked — in the format leaders actually read.
Prep talking points for an executive podcast appearance
intermediateGenerate sharp, repeatable talking points and stories for an upcoming podcast appearance — the kind that get clipped and quoted later.
Executive summary from a long document
intermediateCompress a long document into a structured executive summary with explicit decisions, action items, and open questions — not a paraphrase.
Craft the narrative for a fundraising pitch
advancedBuild the narrative spine of a fundraising pitch — the through-line a CEO actually says in the room, before slides exist or get redesigned.
Announce an org restructure to the company
intermediateDraft the internal announcement for an org restructure — new leadership, new reporting lines, new team boundaries — that explains why, what changes, and what doesn't.
Write a monthly investor update email
beginnerDraft a tight monthly investor update — metrics, narrative, asks — that keeps your investors close without burning a day to write it.
Draft sensitive layoff communication
advancedDraft the package of communications required for a layoff: the all-hands script, the affected-employee email, the staying-employee email, and the external statement — written with care and clarity.
Analyze a new market entry decision
advancedPressure-test a proposed entry into a new market — geography, segment, or vertical — with a structured analysis that surfaces the real go/no-go variables.
Draft company-level OKRs for the quarter
intermediateGenerate a tight set of company OKRs from your strategic priorities, with objectives that are inspirational and key results that are actually measurable.
Draft a press statement on a company event
intermediateGenerate a short, on-the-record press statement on a company event — funding, leadership change, incident, or announcement — that lands the message without spin.
Review and recommend pricing strategy adjustments
advancedConduct a structured pricing review that surfaces where current pricing is leaving money on the table, where it is creating friction, and what the next move should be.
Stress-test a strategic narrative against likely questions
advancedPressure-test a strategic narrative against the actual questions investors, board members, and employees would ask, then identify which questions the narrative cannot answer cleanly.
Run a structured SWOT analysis with strategic recommendations
intermediateGenerate a SWOT that goes beyond the four-box cliché — with prioritization, second-order implications, and concrete recommendations the leadership team can act on.
Trusted board simulation — advice from a personal board of mentors
advancedSimulate the advice of a personal board of mentors with distinct lenses, then synthesize where they agree, where they conflict, and what to do with the conflict.
What would the best version of this be?
intermediateCritique a current plan by imagining the best possible version, then map the gaps so the team knows where to invest more thinking.
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