How to Write an Executive Summary: Most Important Presentation Slide (former Bain & Company Manager)

In this video, I (former Bain & Company Manager) will share the benefits of using Executive Summaries in business presentations and how to craft effective Exec Sums for your own presentations. The Executive Summary is the most important slide in business presentations. It synthesizes the presentation's key messages on one slide. A practical and effective approach is to write 3-5 concise and insightful bullet points on a slide and start your presentation with the Executive Summary.

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⏱️Timestamps⏱️
Intro: (0:00​)
What are Exec Sums: (0:41​)
The most important slide : (2:11)
Concise, specific, and insightful: (4:36​)
Examples: (6:10)
Outro: (9:15​)

[juanrenatojimenezpasache]

Thank you sir. I have been searching a lot about executive summaries, this is the best video so far

[jgurskey]

Felix-great advice for someone struggling to write an effective ex summ. Keep up the good work!

[skadon]

You're a lifesaver! - This content is amazing and it has helped a lot!!!!

[jhanefhamelacuevas]

This is what my report should be thank you very much! Its a great help

[SusieO]

Very well done. Thank you. I will start to use an executive summary for all presentations.

[AyushJrKrusadeHolders]

Hey, that was a great video, thanks for making!

[lukedowneslukedownes]

This is very well made, thank you. -random college student

[judyl.]

thank you so much and this helps a great ton!!

[lienvu]

It's really helpful, especially for a non-native English Speaker like me

[oladimejiadenike]

Thanks you sir.
How can I write an executive summary for a start up business?

[wiseseedhealthsolutions]

Thanks Felix, great content. I'm about to start making videos for YouTube and my company website for customers. Therefore it would be great if you could make some similar instructional videos about creating well-structured presentations for customers. I will be presenting technical information. I basically want to be able to get my vids to down 5 minutes or less, concluding with 3-5 take home points that resonate with non-experts. I'll be following the principles you've outlined brilliantly for corporate presentations, simplified for general viewing. Thanks again!

[krishnasai]

Hi Felix, could you also create vedio explaining the components of Presentation and when to use them.

[DavidWilliams-vijj]

Thank you for the video, A question i have is. when you write your executive summary how does this differ if they would like a presentation of the summary without using the likes of power point slides, either by video call (Due to pandemic) or in person because they want it that way?

[jcalt]

Hi Felix, I am a student studying business administration in college and this video provided me with a lot of clarity. However, a lot of times, my professor would want executive summaries in a word document and I am not sure about how much details I should actually put because as you said, it should be concise and summarise key messages but my professors would give us a max capacity of 2 pages in arial 12 font which is honestly a lot of space. So much that I could fit my entire presentation into the 2 pages even if I list out every small detail. In this case, what should I actually put in the summary?

[ashabhumza]

My PPT is on sales analysis in Asia.
So what should I mention in the exec summary slide?
I think I should mention different slicer options, is it so?

[leoigidi]

Greetings Felix, here's my dilemma. I'm starting a record company with my partner and I need an investor to come take part ownership. I seek to construct an executive summary convincing the potential investor on why he should invest.

[astrovandel]

Can you link the executive summaries pages for ideas !

[ashwanikumar-dwqw]

Give any idea on writing of ES in respect of any meeting other than bussiness you are going to chair

[wwtsssportsmanagement]

The Executive Summary should be written last after the remainder of the plan has been finished or before start?

[englishlovers]

Is this different from a summary slide you might find in the conclusion section of a presentation.