How to hold a room when you only have half the time
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Brett was asked to present findings to a room that included two MDs and a CFO. He had ninety minutes of deck. The meeting was forty-five. He did not cut the deck. He accelerated. He covered every slide. Three people checked their phones. Brett reads phone-checking as 'high engagement, they're pulling up supporting data.' The CFO shook his hand at the end. This is the handshake he mentions for the rest of Q2.
Pillar 3, hero_text. The misread-the-room war story. Specific detail (90 minutes of deck, 45-minute meeting, three people on phones), closes on the handshake detail that Brett will milk indefinitely.
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Last Tuesday I had ninety minutes of deck and forty-five minutes on the calendar. Two MDs, a CFO, and a room that needed to understand the full picture.
Here's what a lot of people do: they cut slides. They self-edit in real time. They leave value on the table because they're afraid of the clock. I did not do that. I accelerated. I covered every slide. Every. Slide. If it made it into the deck, it earned its place, and the room was going to see it. Three people had their phones out by slide fourteen — that is engagement. They are pulling up supporting data. They want to go deeper. You read that room correctly and you do not slow down.
The CFO shook my hand at the end. Firm grip. Eye contact. 'Brett, that was thorough.' I have been transparent with colleagues about this moment because I think it illustrates something important: preparation is a signal. The deck is a signal. When you walk in with ninety minutes of work and you deliver it in forty-five, you are telling that room who you are. I've got Q3 planning coming up. I'll be building from this framework.
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Ninety minutes of deck. Forty-five on the calendar. I did not cut a single slide. #consulting #leadership #careertips #corporatelife
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