The Skip-Level Blueprint
Prepare for the meeting with your CXO that your promotion depends on
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For Directors and AVPs in Indian GCCs
Who have never successfully built a relationship above their direct manager — and who have a promotion cycle within the next 6 months.
Five steps. One meeting. The conversation that changes everything.
Intelligence Before Intention
The three things to research before you walk in the room — so you're speaking to their agenda, not yours.
The Reason You're in the Room
How to frame the meeting so it doesn't feel like a status update or a performance.
The Opening Three Minutes
How to move from pleasantries to substance without sounding scripted.
The Positioning Moment
The one move that plants the VP seed without saying it out loud.
The Relationship, Not the Meeting
What happens after 30 minutes that determines whether anything changes.
"I had been Director for three years. I'd done everything right. The feedback was always 'not quite ready.' Six months after working with Rajiv on exactly this — how to show up differently in the rooms that matter — the VP conversation finally happened."
— Senior IT Leader, Indian GCC (BFSI sector)
Rajiv Upadhyay — Gravitas Academy
Executive coach working exclusively with senior technology leaders in Indian GCCs navigating the Director-to-VP transition. 200+ leaders coached through this exact moment.
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