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AI Prompts forBusy Executives

Clearer thinking for a demanding leadership agenda.

By Russell Cummings

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BUILT AROUND YOUR WORK

Clearer thinking for a demanding leadership agenda.

This guide focuses on the leadership work that can be crowded out by a busy calendar: vision, culture, strategic decisions and communication. It also explores sales growth, financial intelligence, change, talent and board relationships. The prompts help you prepare a discussion, clarify alternatives and turn a leadership intention into a practical plan. Use a chapter when the decision arises rather than treating the book as another cover-to-cover commitment.

WHAT YOU CAN PUT TO WORK

More than a list of things to ask AI.

01

Clarify the purpose and trade-offs behind a strategic decision

02

Prepare messages that connect people with priorities

03

Review culture, talent development and change initiatives

04

Build a practical leadership planning rhythm

The book supplies starting points. Your business context, follow-up questions and review make the answers useful. It does not run an AI tool or perform the work automatically.

EXPLORE THE BOOK

A chapter for the
challenge in front of you.

Browse the chapter-level table of contents from the supplied April 2025 first edition. The book also contains introductions, supporting material and individual prompt sections.

Chapter sequence follows the supplied book. Punctuation is normalised for this website. Page numbers are omitted because formats and editions may differ.

Table of contents

  1. 01How to Write a Powerful Prompt
  2. 02Leading with Vision and Values
  3. 03Culture and Team Dynamics
  4. 04Strategic Decision-Making
  5. 05Productivity and Executive Focus

Edition note: Chapters 12 and 14 repeat the 90-day leadership plan in both the contents and chapter text. They are retained here to help you find the material in this edition, not presented as two different planning methods.

MAKE YOUR FIRST SESSION USEFUL

Three places to start.

Choose a real task, open the relevant chapter and work with a prompt that fits. These are suggested uses of the book, not promises of a particular result.

CHAPTER 4

Compare options before a strategic decision

Strategic Decision-Making

Try this starting point
CHAPTER 6

Prepare a message explaining a change in priorities

Leadership Communication

Try this starting point
CHAPTER 10

Structure a talent and succession discussion

Talent Development and Succession

Try this starting point

TRY THE APPROACH BEFORE YOU BUY

Give the AI a clearer brief.

An illustrative prompt written for this page, based on the book’s themes. It is not a verbatim extract. Replace the bracketed text before using it in your approved AI tool.

Help me compare options before a strategic decision. Context: [describe your business, the situation and the people involved]. Constraints: [add the time, resources and requirements we must work within]. Ask me three questions to clarify missing information. Then provide a practical first draft with clear headings, recommended next steps and the assumptions I should check. Use a professional, plain-English tone. Do not invent facts or treat unverified information as certain.

You can also select and copy the text above.

FROM THE PAGE TO YOUR PRACTICE

Use one prompt.
Then build a habit.

  1. Choose the chapter that matches your current task.
  2. Add your situation, constraints and desired output.
  3. Use your approved AI tool and ask follow-up questions.
  4. Verify the answer and decide what to use.
  5. Save useful prompts and repeat the process.
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THE AUTHOR BEHIND THE LIBRARY

Business experience.
Practical questions.

Russell Cummings brings more than 40 years of work with business owners and leaders to the Focused Execution resources. These books apply that practical approach to asking better questions and turning useful answers into action.

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BEFORE YOU CHOOSE

A few useful answers.

YOUR NEXT USEFUL STEP

Put better questions
to work.

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