Overview
High-performing leadership teams rely on consistent, data-rich updates. This deck helps department heads communicate the narrative behind their numbers while surfacing the decisions and support they need to move faster.
When to use this deck
- Department updates in executive staff meetings.
- Rolling program reviews where multiple teams present back-to-back.
- Preparing asynchronous updates for distributed leadership teams.
What’s inside the template
- Intro section to reaffirm mission, strategic fit, and top-line wins.
- KPI scorecards with room for target, actual, variance, and commentary.
- Resourcing and financial snapshots to monitor budget, headcount, and hiring velocity.
- Risks, dependencies, and enablement requests to prompt action from peers and executives.
- Optional appendix modules for project highlights, customer stories, or experiments.
Data to assemble
- Latest KPI exports and OKR status updates.
- Team resourcing data including capacity, open roles, and vendor spend.
- Dependencies, blockers, or cross-team asks captured in your project tools.
Customization tips
- Use conditional formatting to highlight trends (green/gold/red) and draw leadership attention quickly.
- Embed micro-charts or screenshots from live dashboards to reduce manual slide editing.
- Pair the update deck with ML Clever automations that email summaries or log updates in Slack after meetings.
Related playbooks
Reinforce alignment at scale with the Corporate All-Hands Deck and keep agile workstreams on track using the SaaS Sprint Update Deck.
