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Last week, I overheard an executive comment: "Every time I ask that person a question, I get long, meandering answers with too much irrelevant detail. He doesn't have what it takes to be on the leadership team yet." Christine / Chris Heckart shared the quote, "Too much detail makes you look junior," at a CMO summit I attended many years ago, and it's rung in my ears since then. Mastery of detail was what helped so many of us progress in our careers. But as we got higher, it became more and more important to SYNTHESIZE and SUMMARIZE exactly what the C-Suite member wants - to KNOW all of the details, but not to take them through all the detail they may not want or need now. Spamming listeners makes it seem like you can't see the forest for the trees. It was a hard lesson to learn when one of your greatest strengths shows up as a weakness. One course that helped me leapfrog peers in this category was Vervago's Precision Q&A. A top executive at Oracle (who I thought already knew everything) was going to attend, and I tagged along. They teach a specific framework for listening better and speaking with clarity, brevity, and mental organization. All the strategies to make you precise, effective (and senior). They don't offer classes open to the public anymore, so I was considering gathering folks to fill an online group session. I'm not taking any fees; I just wanted to host this for rising leaders I know since it helped me substantially in my career. It's $500 for a 4 hour session if we get 15 people. If you're interested, comment here, and I'll coordinate. #Leadership #Career #Clarity