Executive Lens: Leading through Alignment, Friction and Influence

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Mengxi Li

Ex-Amazon Director/General Manager

From overlooked contributor to reputable and confident strategic leader

I spent 10+ years at Amazon, signing off 100+ promotions and spending 10,000+ hours in high-stakes meetings to identify the invisible patterns of executive influence. I’ve distilled a decade of experiences into this course so you can skip the learning curve and start accelerating your career today.

The Impact Pillars

The 10-Year Compression: I made the mistakes so you don’t have to. You get the "Director-level" instincts it took me a decade to build.
Pattern Recognition: Stop guessing what happens behind the closed doors. Learn to see the "invisible meeting" happening beneath the surface and steer the conversation toward your goals.
The L8 Standard: Practice in a "Live-Fire" environment that mimics the pressure of high-stake meetings, building muscle memory that sticks.

The Core Frameworks (Self-Paced): 29 modules and 48 lectures. Study the mechanics of influence before we meet.

Live-Fire Simulations and Feedback (4+ Hours): Role-play your toughest meetings with an ex-Amazon L8 Leader. We simulate friction, pushback, and "No’s" so you can build muscle memory.

Strategic Q&A (6+ Hours): Direct access to solve your specific stakeholder challenges and "managing up" roadblocks.

What you’ll learn

Master the psychological triggers and strategic alignment frameworks used by VPs and Directors to assess leadership potential.

How to establish the foundational relationships that enable influence
How to leverage one-on-one frameworks to build trust with your manager and skip-level leaders
How to create a roadmap to identify and strategically influence key stakeholders outside your direct team.

How to prepare and execute influence before, during, and after crucial discussions
How to master the preparation framework for crucial meetings, including handling the worst-case scenario
How to reframe conflict-driven discussion into productive outcomes.

How to own the room and ensure your presence is perceived as leadership
Exact steps on how to prep for, facilitate, recap, and follow up on all meetings (cadence, ad-hoc, etc.)
How to master the skill of handling disagreement and playing the room with grace to show leadership.

Learn directly from Mengxi

Mengxi Li

Ex-Amazon Director/General Manager of CO | Entrepreneur | Executive Coach

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Who this course is for

This course is designed for high-performing leaders who realize that technical excellence is no longer enough to move the needle.
You should enroll if you feel your contributions are overlooked or underestimated in high-stakes meetings or email chains.
ICs/managers who are ready to start mastering strategic communication to build credibility and influence your career trajectory