The Executive CPO Playbook: How CPOs Lead, Influence, and Drive the Business

As more CPOs join executive teams, impact depends on how you show up in the room: what you challenge, how you communicate, and where you drive the business.

In this fast-moving panel, Adam Weber interviews three strategic people leaders about their journeys from function leader to enterprise operator. They’ll share specific moves that earned trust, expanded influence beyond HR, and lifted the performance of the whole executive team.

You’ll learn how to:

• Challenge assumptions and add value where it matters most
• Shift communication from team updates to crisp, executive-ready narratives and meetings.
• Extend your influence outside your lane (finance, product, go-to-market) without overstepping.
• Use the CPO’s cross-functional vantage point to break silos and align execs on outcomes.
• Raise the bar on trust, candor, and decision quality at the executive table.