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<title>Getting the Ear of Your CEO</title>
<shortdesc>Communication professionals can and should have frequent, direct access to and influence on executive leadership. Your CEO needs you, but are you ready? It is a misperception that CEOs are too busy, uninterested or unreceptive. While some communicators have close contact with executives, many other communication professionals rarely see the CEO and may have many layers of management between themselves and that &quot;C-level&quot; suite. But you don&apos;t have to report directly to the CEO to get his or her ear.</shortdesc>
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<p>Communication professionals can and should have frequent, direct access to and influence on executive leadership. Your CEO needs you, but are you ready? It is a misperception that CEOs are too busy, uninterested or unreceptive. While some communicators have close contact with executives, many other communication professionals rarely see the CEO and may have many layers of management between themselves and that &quot;C-level&quot; suite. But you don&apos;t have to report directly to the CEO to get his or her ear.</p>
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<li><a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Articles/Business-Communication/Management/Collaboration">All works in 'Articles &gt; Business-Communication &gt; Management &gt; Collaboration'</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Articles">All works in 'Articles'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Business-Communication">'Business Communication'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Management">'Management'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Collaboration">'Collaboration'</a></li>
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 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Articles/Business-Communication/Management/Collaboration" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Articles &gt; Business-Communication &gt; Management &gt; Collaboration'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Articles" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Articles'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Business-Communication" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Business Communication'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Management" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Management'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Collaboration" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All works in 'Collaboration'</linktext></link>
 <link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/publisher/Communication_World_Bulletin" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All 304 works published by Communication World Bulletin</linktext></link>

<link type="reference" href="http://tc.eserver.org/authors/Gayeski,_Diane" role="parent" scope="local"><linktext>All three works by Gayeski, Diane</linktext></link>
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