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Before the roomFree
The Stakeholder Quick-Read Card
Four questions, sixty seconds, before any meeting — not just the Tier-1 ones.
Most of us over-index on what we’ll say and under-index on who we’re saying it to. Not for Tier 1 — use the full Tearsheet there. This is for everything else.
When to use it
- Any meeting, especially ones you didn’t have time to deep-prep
- When you catch yourself over-preparing content and under-preparing audience
- As the sixty-second companion to the deeper Stakeholder Meeting Tearsheet
What it gives you
- A fast read on who’s in the room and what they need
- A named decision-making style so you can adapt on the fly
- A ready opening line instead of an improvised one
Altitude tip
Who are you communicating with?
Pick an audience to see how this tool changes for them.
How to run it — Sixty seconds
- 01
Who are they?
Role, pressure, preferences — the basics before anything else.
15 seconds
- 02
What do they care about?
Their metric, their worry, their win.
15 seconds
- 03
What do they need from me?
A decision? An update? Confidence?
15 seconds
- 04
How should I show up?
Match your framework and presence mode to what you just found.
15 seconds
The trap
The PIE trap — all Performance, not enough Image and Exposure. Content prepared without an audience read lands flat no matter how good it is.