Learn to structure your thinking so your communication resonates with busy people.

August 2024

Broad professional audience — content relevant across many roles and functions.

Executive communication — presenting to boards, writing memos, running all-hands, and high-stakes messaging.

Get decision-makers to say yes to your good ideas, faster

McKinsey-trained communication expert

Woolworths

KPMG

Mercer

7-Eleven Australia

Davina Stanley

Founder, coaches at F10 & ASX10 companies + tech PMs, ex-McKinsey

Extreme Clarity Workshop

Do you fear losing your audience's attention? Or, worse: They pay no attention?
Communicating with extreme clarity is essential.

Stop tweaking words and sentences to craft the perfect report or email. 'Better writing' is not the solution. It's better thinking. Learn a repeatable strategy to clarify and convey complex ideas in any setting. Communicating becomes easy once you have extreme clarity about the message you actually need to convey. This requires deeply understanding your strategic context and knowing how to craft a message that lands. I introduce top-tier consulting techniques that I learned at McKinsey and have helped executives globally to master over the past 30 years.

Get out of the details to craft communication that cuts through with busy people

Frustrated PMs experiencing slow responses to their emails, convoluted chains in messaging channels and miscommunication in meetings.

Ambitious experts who want to connect with decision makers, even when they don't share your technical expertise.

Professionals wanting to waste less time chasing for responses and fixing problems caused by miscommunication.

Who is this course for

Learn how to structure your thinking to find and frame insightful messaging

We have a joke that the big idea is often buried at the bottom of page 47. This typically happens because the author hasn't prioritized what they really need to achieve with that specific communication.

Master a simple sentence that helps you crystallize the outcome your communication must deliver.

Many famous people have said that if you can't say it in a sentence, you don't know it. It's true. You are also unlikely to get the response you need from busy leaders if you don't convey what matters in that single sentence.

Clarify and convey your main message so it jumps off the page. 

Visualise your messaging so it literally jumps off the page. Match the hierarchy of your messaging with the hierarchy of the formatting in your communication.

Structure your messaging so any audience can find it in 30 seconds.

Don't just learn about how to structure your messaging. Do it! We will practice and review the results together.

Practice synthesizing your main message.

Participants receive my Planner as well as a desk reference so you can keep the approach front and center.

Take away the tools you need to consistently communicate with clarity and insight

You will receive a digital planner and a physical desk reference to help you keep the approach front and center.

Planner and Desk Reference

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Lifetime access

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Community of peers

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Certificate of completion

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First Module

Second Module

Third Module

Course syllabus

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What people say about Davina's workshops

Meet your instructor

I offer a small mount of reading that will help you prepare for the workshop. It is not essential, but will help you get more out of it.

Optional Pre-work

I will introduce the structured thinking techniques and ask you to apply them to a simple communication of your own.

Workshop Details

I offer extra tips and tools to help you apply the ideas we go through during the workshop.

Post Workshop Consolidation

Workshop details

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Active hands-on learning

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Interactive and project-based

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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