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I've shown this community how to identify challenges, develop differentiated POVs, capture intelligence, and build systems that last past 90 days.
Next: how to know if your executive's voice is actually coming through—or if it just sounds like marketing with their name on it.
Here's what I see constantly (and sometimes what I’ve done, I’ll admit): A company publishes thought leadership under the executive's byline. The content is smart. It's well-written. It's on-brand.
But it doesn't sound like the executive.
It sounds like what a marketing team thinks the executive should sound like. Polished. Professional. Safe. Generic.
And people can tell. They might not consciously think "this doesn't sound authentic." But they feel it. The content doesn't land with the weight it should. It doesn't build the connection flagship content is supposed to create.
Voice is what makes flagship content credible. Without it, you're just publishing expensive blog posts with an executive's name on them.