Intermediate Personal Development
Executive Communication
Get your message understood and approved by leadership. Follow Carla, a logistics manager who needs a decision from her director, and learn to put the answer first with the BLUF rule and Barbara Minto's Pyramid Principle, to write a three-line executive summary, to present to the board with message titles and a ten-minute script, and to speak under pressure: giving bad news early with fact, impact, plan and ask, and saying I do not know with a date. Short, practical and built on sources you can check.
3 modules 3 lessons 2 h 60 questions
Course content
1 Answer First 1 lesson · 5 min
2 Presenting to Leadership 1 lesson · 5 min
3 Speaking Under Pressure 1 lesson · 5 min
Tips
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Answer First
Three lines at the top
Ask, reason, next step before any story
Answer First
Situation, Complication, Question
When the reader needs context, give it in three steps
Answer First
The three-line test
If a colleague hesitates, the lines are not ready
Presenting to Leadership
Write the title as the headline
Gene Zelazny: a message title, not a topic title