Global Learning for Operational Leaders
Introduction
Course overview
Senior leaders read under constant time pressure. They need to grasp an issue, its implications and the decision required within a minute or two, often between meetings or on a mobile device. Executive summaries and briefing notes that bury the message, wander through background or fail to recommend a clear course of action waste that time and weaken the writer's credibility.
This Executive Summary and Briefing Note Writing training course teaches participants how to write concise, decision-focused documents that busy executives value. Participants learn how to identify the core message, structure content using the pyramid principle, write for different decision types, present options and risks objectively, and edit ruthlessly for brevity and clarity.
Through repeated drafting and feedback, participants build a reliable method they can apply to any summary, briefing or cover note.