Eureka Case 25 min Undergrad

The All-Hands Speech

You are Pablo, newly promoted SVP of Product at Helia, a Madrid software company. Your first all-hands as SVP is in two weeks. 800 employees will be there. Three months ago the company laid off 12% of them.

The situation

You voted for the layoff in the executive committee. You believed it was right; you still do. But the 700 people in the room know that, and they're watching to see who you are now. The CEO will be in the front row. The CMO has offered to "review" your slides.

You have a 12-minute slot. Anonymous engagement-survey results from the last 90 days: trust in leadership 4.2/10 (down from 7.1), confidence in strategy 5.8/10 (down from 7.6), intent to stay 6.1/10 (down from 8.4). The room you're walking into is wary, not hostile — but it's not the room you spoke to as VP six months ago.

Your job in this case: look at how peer SVPs have handled this exact moment, model the dimensions of your delivery, and commit to one approach. Your performance in 12 minutes will set the tone of the next 18 months.

The decision

What speech do you give?

  • A · Corporate-tactical
  • B · Personal-vulnerable
  • C · Visionary

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