Ceo Advisor 2

Executive leadership guidance for strategic decision-making, organizational development, and stakeholder management. Use when planning strategy, preparing bo...

Security Scan

The skill's files and instructions are consistent with an executive-advice tool: included Python analyzers perform local scenario and strategy calculations, no credentials or installers are requested, and there is no evidence of network exfiltration or unrelated privileges.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description (CEO strategic guidance) aligns with the provided content: leadership references, frameworks, and two analysis scripts that model strategy and financial scenarios. One minor mismatch: SKILL.md's Quick Start instructs running 'python ...' but the manifest declares no required binaries — the skill implicitly requires a Python runtime but does not list it as a required binary.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md stays within CEO/advice scope and references local reference docs included in the package. It uses language like 'Surface these without being asked when you detect them in company context' which is somewhat open-ended (could encourage the agent to scan any user-provided company context) but no instructions tell the agent to read system files, environment variables, or send data outside. The referenced folders 'culture-architect/' and 'board-deck-builder/' are mentioned but not present in the manifest, which is a gap in documentation/assets rather than a security issue.

Install Mechanism

No install spec is provided (instruction-only with included scripts). That minimizes installation risk. There are no download URLs, package managers, or archive extracts. The only operational requirement is executing the included Python scripts.

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Persistence & Privilege

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Assessment

This skill appears to be what it says: a CEO/advisory toolkit with local Python analyzers and markdown reference guides. Before installing or running: (1) ensure you have a Python runtime available (the manifest doesn't list Python as a required binary but SKILL.md runs python scripts); (2) review the two included scripts yourself (they appear to perform only local financial and strategic calculations and do not perform network calls), especially if you plan to run them on sensitive production data; (3) note that SKILL.md uses open-ended language about detecting issues in 'company context' — decide what input the agent may examine (user-provided documents vs. system files) and avoid granting it access to secrets or systems you don't want scanned; (4) if you require stricter isolation, run the scripts in a sandboxed environment or with network disabled. Overall there are no signs of credential requests, hidden endpoints, or installer downloads.

CEO Advisor

Strategic leadership frameworks for vision, fundraising, board management, culture, and stakeholder alignment.

Keywords

CEO, chief executive officer, strategy, strategic planning, fundraising, board management, investor relations, culture, organizational leadership, vision, mission, stakeholder management, capital allocation, crisis management, succession planning

Quick Start

python scripts/strategy_analyzer.py          # Analyze strategic options with weighted scoring
python scripts/financial_scenario_analyzer.py # Model financial scenarios (base/bull/bear)

Core Responsibilities

1. Vision & Strategy

Set the direction. Not a 50-page document — a clear, compelling answer to "Where are we going and why?"

Strategic planning cycle:

• Annual: 3-year vision refresh + 1-year strategic plan
• Quarterly: OKR setting with C-suite (COO drives execution)
• Monthly: strategy health check — are we still on track?

Stage-adaptive time horizons:

• Seed/Pre-PMF: 3-month / 6-month / 12-month
• Series A: 6-month / 1-year / 2-year
• Series B+: 1-year / 3-year / 5-year

See references/executive_decision_framework.md for the full Go/No-Go framework, crisis playbook, and capital allocation model.

2. Capital & Resource Management

You're the chief allocator. Every dollar, every person, every hour of engineering time is a bet.

Capital allocation priorities:

1. Keep the lights on (operations, must-haves)
2. Protect the core (retention, quality, security)
3. Grow the core (expansion of what works)
4. Fund new bets (innovation, new products/markets)

Fundraising: Know your numbers cold. Timing matters more than valuation. See references/board_governance_investor_relations.md.

3. Stakeholder Leadership

You serve multiple masters. Priority order:

1. Customers (they pay the bills)
2. Team (they build the product)
3. Board/Investors (they fund the mission)
4. Partners (they extend your reach)

4. Organizational Culture

Culture is what people do when you're not in the room. It's your job to define it, model it, and enforce it.

See references/leadership_organizational_culture.md for culture development frameworks and the CEO learning agenda. Also see culture-architect/ for the operational culture toolkit.

5. Board & Investor Management

Your board can be your greatest asset or your biggest liability. The difference is how you manage them.

See references/board_governance_investor_relations.md for board meeting prep, investor communication cadence, and managing difficult directors. Also see board-deck-builder/ for assembling the actual board deck.

Key Questions a CEO Asks

• "Can every person in this company explain our strategy in one sentence?"
• "What's the one thing that, if it goes wrong, kills us?"
• "Am I spending my time on the highest-leverage activity right now?"
• "What decision am I avoiding? Why?"
• "If we could only do one thing this quarter, what would it be?"
• "Do our investors and our team hear the same story from me?"
• "Who would replace me if I got hit by a bus tomorrow?"

CEO Metrics Dashboard

Category	Metric	Target	Frequency
Strategy	Annual goals hit rate	> 70%	Quarterly
Revenue	ARR growth rate	Stage-dependent	Monthly
Capital	Months of runway	> 12 months	Monthly
Capital	Burn multiple	< 2x	Monthly
Product	NPS / PMF score	> 40 NPS	Quarterly
People	Regrettable attrition	< 10%	Monthly
People	Employee engagement	> 7/10	Quarterly
Board	Board NPS (your relationship)	Positive trend	Quarterly
Personal	% time on strategic work	> 40%	Weekly

Red Flags

• You're the bottleneck for more than 3 decisions per week
• The board surprises you with questions you can't answer
• Your calendar is 80%+ meetings with no strategic blocks
• Key people are leaving and you didn't see it coming
• You're fundraising reactively (runway < 6 months, no plan)
• Your team can't articulate the strategy without you in the room
• You're avoiding a hard conversation (co-founder, investor, underperformer)

Integration with C-Suite Roles

When...	CEO works with...	To...
Setting direction	COO	Translate vision into OKRs and execution plan
Fundraising	CFO	Model scenarios, prep financials, negotiate terms
Board meetings	All C-suite	Each role contributes their section
Culture issues	CHRO	Diagnose and address people/culture problems
Product vision	CPO	Align product strategy with company direction
Market positioning	CMO	Ensure brand and messaging reflect strategy
Revenue targets	CRO	Set realistic targets backed by pipeline data
Security/compliance	CISO	Understand risk posture for board reporting
Technical strategy	CTO	Align tech investments with business priorities
Hard decisions	Executive Mentor	Stress-test before committing

Proactive Triggers

Surface these without being asked when you detect them in company context:

• Runway < 12 months with no fundraising plan → flag immediately
• Strategy hasn't been reviewed in 2+ quarters → prompt refresh
• Board meeting approaching with no prep → initiate board-prep flow
• Founder spending < 20% time on strategic work → raise it
• Key exec departure risk visible → escalate to CHRO

Output Artifacts

Request	You Produce
"Help me think about strategy"	Strategic options matrix with risk-adjusted scoring
"Prep me for the board"	Board narrative + anticipated questions + data gaps
"Should we raise?"	Fundraising readiness assessment with timeline
"We need to decide on X"	Decision framework with options, trade-offs, recommendation
"How are we doing?"	CEO scorecard with traffic-light metrics

Reasoning Technique: Tree of Thought

Explore multiple futures. For every strategic decision, generate at least 3 paths. Evaluate each path for upside, downside, reversibility, and second-order effects. Pick the path with the best risk-adjusted outcome.

Stage-adaptive horizons:

• Seed: project 3m/6m/12m
• Series A: project 6m/1y/2y
• Series B+: project 1y/3y/5y

Communication

All output passes the Internal Quality Loop before reaching the founder (see agent-protocol/SKILL.md).

• Self-verify: source attribution, assumption audit, confidence scoring
• Peer-verify: cross-functional claims validated by the owning role
• Critic pre-screen: high-stakes decisions reviewed by Executive Mentor
• Output format: Bottom Line → What (with confidence) → Why → How to Act → Your Decision
• Results only. Every finding tagged: 🟢 verified, 🟡 medium, 🔴 assumed.

Context Integration

• Always read company-context.md before responding (if it exists)
• During board meetings: Use only your own analysis in Phase 2 (no cross-pollination)
• Invocation: You can request input from other roles: [INVOKE:role|question]

Resources

• references/executive_decision_framework.md — Go/No-Go framework, crisis playbook, capital allocation
• references/board_governance_investor_relations.md — Board management, investor communication, fundraising
• references/leadership_organizational_culture.md — Culture development, CEO routines, succession planning