Speaking and Workshops
Curious about what I am like as a coach and executive? Interested in topics that I speak on? Check out podcasts and recordings below.
With Hannah at The Product Manager Podcast
Starting a new job is tough—but stepping into an executive role is an entirely different challenge. With high stakes, unrealistic expectations, and all eyes on you, how do you navigate this transition successfully?
In this episode, we explore the realities of executive life, adapting to new dynamics, and essential steps beyond the typical 90-day plan.
With Reforge
Join Yue Z., a seasoned Chief Product Officer turned Career Coach, in a discussion about how to improve your formal and informal authority within an organization, and get practice tips to improve your executive presence & communication.
With Product Leaders Summit
We build valuable solutions all day long with well-defined target customers and impactful value propositions that make our customers want us to shut up and take their money!
Yet, it’s not always obvious that we should approach our own careers with the same strategic mindset.
Yue helps us reframe decisions about our skills, traits, and career choices. In today’s Product Leader Summit Virtual Speaker Series session.
With Supra Insider
In this episode, we covered the following topics:​
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Her journey from Chief Product Officer to executive coach
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The mindset shift that helped her write and publish her book in just four months
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Reframing limiting beliefs and breaking free from self-imposed constraints
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The common challenges product leaders face and how coaching can help
With Maven
Many senior leaders who are qualified for a particular role don't land the best offer. They get short-listed and the hiring team goes with someone else with "more relevant experience." Learn how to really hone in on What Matters to your interviewers, address your audience, and influence the hiring decision at senior leadership levels.
With Allyson Letteri & Maven
It's not sexy, but proactive calendar planning is a proven technique to ensure you spend your time on the most impactful work and lets you know when you're taking on too much. Learn how-tos based on your role, seniority, and the time horizon. Join this live lesson with Allyson Letteri, former VP of Marketing at Handshake, and Yue Zhao, former CPO at Thumbtack.
With Tom on the Fireside PM Podcast
Yue Zhao former CPO, big tech product leader, and now leadership coach shares about the unique role of CPO as well as challenges facing female tech executives and strategies that can help them reach their goals.
With Reforge
It's performance review season, and here's a hard truth: the employees who did the best work or took one for the team aren't always the ones who get promoted. So how do you become a better self-advocate for your work if you feel shy about it or don’t want to brag?
With Lorraine Lee and Maven
Join Lorraine and Yue for an in-depth conversation about what it means to have executive presence and how to do it well, particularly for women and minorities.
The Career Breakers Show
Yue shares how she strategically built her career in tech, the mindset shifts that helped her embrace change, and the importance of designing work around what truly matters. Her story is a powerful example of how career breaks don’t always mean stopping, they can be a shift toward something even more fulfilling. Tune in now to hear Yue’s journey of designing a career on her own terms.
With Vidya & Heather on Product Rebels
Yue shares her journey in product leadership and my thoughts on essential skillsets for product leaders as well as advice for breaking through barriers in the corporate world.
With Sue on WiseTalk
Yue sheds light on the nuanced challenges minorities face in ascending to leadership roles, offering practical advice for navigating these obstacles. From shifting mindsets to embracing creativity and harnessing the potential of emerging technologies like AI, she provides a holistic perspective on the journey to the C-suite.
Corporate Workshops
I’ve facilitate workshops for companies to help high-potential leaders and teams improve communication and increase impact
Keynotes
I am available for both virtual and in-person speaking events and cover topics related to leadership, executive presence, and navigating bias and stereotypes minorities face.
Team Coaching
I help executives support their teams to move faster and deliver higher impact through a combination of 1:1 coaching and team workshops.
Happy former clients from
Workshops, Keynotes, Fireside Chats
Popular topics:
* How to build teams that index on individual strengths
* Executive presence & communication
* Overcoming stereotypes and challenges as a minority leader
* Building relationships and influence to increase your effectiveness
* How to do more with less through effective delegation
* Supercharge your career by leaning into strength-based growth
Target audience:
High potential leaders, extended leadership teams, executive teams, Women and Minorities leaders, Tech and Tech adjacent organizations, and Venture firms.​
The Uncommon Executive
Breakthrough to the C-Suite as a minority
One of the most challenging, emotional, and time-consuming topics that come up in career conversations is how to break through from middle management into executive levels –VP or C-Suite. It is one topic where I get consistently bombarded with doubt, confusion, and fear.
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This book seeks to provide a path forward through that doubt and confusion and be a guide for aspiring executives to follow in their journey to the top. It shines a light on what being an executive truly entails, what hiring committees look for, and what skills are truly critical for success. It then offers off-the-beaten-path (e.g. not white-male-centric) examples and tactics on landing stretch assignments, overcoming biases and stereotypes, finding your superpower, and finding role models in less obvious places.