Executive Summer Briefings
‘25 Minute Online Sessions Built For Time Poor Executives - Practical Ideas You Use Today’
#3: Influencing Upwards: Effective Stakeholder Communications
Executive Summer Briefings 2026 is a programme of five curated 25‑minute online sessions designed for immediate application. No theory. No filler. Just focused, relevant insights you can act on the same day. Built for time‑poor executives, each briefing delivers high‑impact idea s and insights - enabling you to stay ahead without committing hours to traditional learning formats.
Briefing Overview:
Most Executives don’t struggle with ideas - they struggle to get decisions made to support those ideas! When upward communication lacks clarity, progress stalls. Conversations drift. Momentum is lost. This briefing session cuts through that. Master corporate communicator, Eric Fitzpatrick will show how to structure messages that land quickly, influence decisively, and move more senior stakeholders from discussion to action without delay.
Content will include practical techniques to sharpen messaging and cut through complexity, influence senior leaders by presenting ideas with clarity and confidence, simplify technical or strategic information into clear, actionable insights, and communicate with a focus on driving decisions, alignment and progress.
What You’ll Take Away
The 5 T's for Communicating up to Senior Executives is a bitesize session that will share tips tricks and techniques to help you
Communicate up with increased confidence and composure.
Elevate your authority when speaking with Senior Executives
Increase your influence when looking to get them to buy into your ideas or message.
Most communication training focuses on how you present. This session focuses on what happens next - ensuring your message lands, decisions are made, and momentum is maintained.