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Why your numbers need a translator – not a presenter
When technical teams struggle to explain the ‘why’ behind their metrics, business momentum stalls. Here are three tactics to try.
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Why your numbers need a translator – not a presenter
When technical teams struggle to explain the ‘why’ behind their metrics, business momentum stalls. Here are three tactics to try.
Why technically brilliant documents still fail to get approved
Stakeholder alignment is one of the most important things to get right in business cases, board papers and other high-stakes documents – not the technical ability to argue your case.
How to shrink your supersized PowerPoints
The five-slide mandate: Why executive caps on presentation decks are really about cognitive discipline.
Writing with AI: Brilliant, risky or both?
It’s been almost three years since the release of ChatGPT. Yet for many Australian professionals, the use of this and other artificial intelligence (AI) writing tools remains unofficial and not mandated by work.
From email outburst to strategic dialogue
Conflict and correspondence are two workplace issues that shouldn’t mix Yet often they do – causing much financial and reputational damage in the process.
The 7 essential writing skills your team must have
Good communication is critical to career progress. As an emerging leader, which of these essential writing skills have you mastered so far?
Moving up the ranks? Here’s how to write like a leader
Writing like a leader doesn’t mean aping the latest business jargon, nor does it mean changing your personality. Here’s what I suggest instead.
How to reduce the brag-factor of your resume
While it’s hard to reduce first-person references altogether in your resume, you can make them less obvious by turning other facts into the focal point of your sentences.
The 3 secret ingredients of a good business proposal
Business proposals are a fabulous foot in the door when it comes to winning new business. But how to your proposal’s chance of success?
