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Month 6 – Business Writing

Month 6 – Business Writing

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The Language of Leadership is a new way to train your organisation, your team and yourself to become the leader you want to be. We’ve created a customised platform that provides practical and experiential training and video micro lessons to help you incrementally improve your communication and leadership skills. We will send you daily video micro lessons which explore in-depth communication themes followed by interactive exercises designed to put your learning into practice.

Your competency and confidence will develop over the six month programme as you learn to implement strategic layered communication techniques and practices transforming those who communicate by “default” to people who actively and intentionally communicate by ‘design’. Your responses are available throughout the programme so you can review your progress and development as it evolves over time.

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WEEK 1: 5 Topics | 5 Actions
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Business Writing
List the top three ways you are communicating now
Business Writing: Imagining Your Audience
Identify the next person you are going to write to & write a brief summary about them & the context in which they'll receive your communication
Business Writing: Self Reflection -Your Personal Writing Style
Begin thinking about and adopting the reverse pyramid style of writing
Business Writing in the Corporate Context
Identify relevant stakeholders and develop business writing guidelines to suit your organisation
Business Writing Examples
Print out three examples of your writing. Examine your style and then ask a colleague or friend for feedback
WEEK 2: 5 Topics | 5 Actions
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Effective Business Writing: Avoiding Jargon
List three jargony or overly technical words you will avoid from now on
Good Grammar & Spelling & using your Active Voice
Identify and catalogue any areas of grammar, spelling or use of the Active Voice that you can improve upon
Here’s how to get your writing noticed
Identify your sentences or paragraphs that are in active v passive. And change all to passive
Striking the right tone
Examine a sample of your writing and identify the tone that you have used. How can it be improved?
How to Tighten Your Writing
Rewrite a sample of text reducing the word count and refining the structure
WEEK 3: 5 Topics | 5 Actions
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How to Write an Effective Email
Identify the elements that make up your e-mails and start thinking about your salutations, subject line, content body and closing
How to Write an Attention-Grabbing Email
Selectively reconstruct an existing email using headlines, bullet points, numbers, color accents, font options and bold-face print
Effective Closings & Sign Off
Compose a specific closing 'reminder' with your call to action in your next email and use a sign off that is personal to your reader
P.S.
Add a P.S to your next email providing an additional and significant piece of information
How to Avoid Open-Ended Threads
Avoid lengthy, open-ended communication in future emails by taking control and being specific with times, dates and places
WEEK 4: 5 Topics | 5 Actions
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Creating Writing Templates
Design a selection of writing templates that you can employ in your every day writing
The Big Wrap-up: Remember your AIM
Remember it's about THEM - not you!
The Big Wrap-up: Simplification
Critique a communication text and write down ways it could be more effective if it was simplified
The Big Wrap-up: Leadership Style & Life-long Learning
Reaffirm the leadership style you wish to achieve
YOU MADE IT! FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION COMPLETE!
Congratulations from Gina and the Language of Leadership team!