Cohort-based Course
Lift the quality of thinking in your team's board papers without rewriting them yourself
Cohort-based Course
Lift the quality of thinking in your team's board papers without rewriting them yourself
Hosted by
Davina Stanley
Founder, coaches at F100 & ASX10 companies + tech PMs, ex-McKinsey
Course overview
Do you wonder why board paper writing courses haven't materially lifted the quality of discussions in senior leadership and Board forums?
Papers might be more polished, but the insights are still buried and the drafting process is ugly.
Iterating multiple times around fine details is time-wasting and leads to dense, unreadable papers that lead to more questions than answers.
Despite much iteration, poor quality papers set up leadership conversations that are heavily weighted toward understanding rather than discussing issues.
So, how do you stop rewriting your team's papers so both you and they work 'at level' ... and mostly during normal business hours?
Let's slash the number of times you review drafts and the time it takes your team to prepare them.
And ... enjoy richer discussions in leadership forums too.
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C-suite leaders frustrated about the quality of discussion and decision making emerging from their senior leadership and Board meetings.
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Functional leaders needing to engage multi-disciplinary leadership groups in business cases and other recommendations.
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Program managers needing to engage decision makers in significant programs of work without losing pace.
Use our Elevate framework to set up a simple, scalable operating rhythm. Consistently guide your team to quickly prepare papers that deliver a specific outcome.
Use our SCAN | SCORE | SHARE technique to review your team's one-page 'message maps' in 15 minutes.
Leverage story patterns, templates and guides to lift the value you and your team deliver. Spark off our extensive library of real-life examples too.
Imagine how good it would feel when you and your team enjoy your senior leadership and Board discussions?
What could you be delivering on if you were not reworking your team's papers?
Board Paper Bootcamp for Leaders
Alex Shea
Darren Hutchison
Cerise Uden
Steve Thompson
Clarity First Program
I love what I do.
I help senior leaders and their teams prepare high-quality papers and presentations in a fraction of the time.
This involves 'nailing' the message that will quickly engage decision makers in the required outcome.
I leverage 25+ years' experience including
My approach helps anyone who needs to engage senior leaders and Boards.
Recent clients include 7Eleven, KPMG, Mercer, Meta, Woolworths.
Learn more at www.clarityfirstprogram.com
(*) Numbers are based on 2023 client benchmarking results after ~8 weeks of working with me in a group.
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Design your new operating rhythm
Map out how you and your team can use my Elevate framework to think through major papers. Prepare a briefing to help your team draft a current paper during the workshop.
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Iterate around a highly-structured message map
Practice collaborating in small groups to build a one-page message map around a well-known controversial topic. Apply my SCORE framework to evaluate the quality of thinking in the message map.
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Elevate your team's skills
Prepare the tools you need to help your team change. Decide how to navigate existing corporate templates. Ask questions. Submit a draft paper for review and suggestions from me.
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Schedule a 30-minute private coaching call
Schedule a 1:1 with me to confidentially review your draft paper and discuss strategies for helping your team.
includes 30-minute 1-1 coaching call
In capping registrations at 15 participants there will be plenty of interaction in class.
I will also confidentially review a paper of yours and provide email suggestions before we have a 1-1 to answer any other questions you may have.
3 hours per week + personal practice
I ask you to complete 1-1.5 hours' of self-paced learning per module, which you can start as soon as you register. I will stretch you to apply the concepts in your day-to-day work and when we come together in class.
Clarity Hub Access
Continue learning with your cohort and others also seeking to lift the quality of their team's thinking. Join monthly MasterClasses, share ideas, ask questions and complete challenges. Access extensive library of sample papers.
Lift the clarity of messaging
Help your team craft messages that jump off the page so you can review them quickly.
Elevate the quality of insights
See your team's high-quality insights bubble to the surface and land with decision makers.
Increase velocity
Cut the time it takes to prepare better papers that lead to better and faster decisions. Some teams halve paper preparation time. You can too.
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