How to Communicate Strategically

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How to Communicate Strategically

Hosted by Davina Stanley

136 students

What you'll learn

The most commonly missed step in preparing a presentation

Starting writing immediately is a wasted effort. It leads to messy messaging and endless editing. Learn a different way.

How to make your communication 'skimmable' in any format

If your audience can't find your message, they won't do what you need them to do. Learn how to bring it to the surface.

What a strategic insight looks like

Information isn't enough. Executive-level communication is useful, insightful, AND interesting.

How to avoid endlessly editing draft documents

Learn to get to the high-level messaging and to iterate around that rather than staying stuck in the weeds.

Why this topic matters

Delayed decisions and unhelpful responses are costly and often caused by poor communication. And yet the root cause has little to do with your ability to write or prepare a nice chart. It has to do with your ability to think strategically so that your messaging resonates with your decision-makers.

You'll learn from

Davina Stanley

Founder | ex-McKinsey | Coaches at F100, tech PMs

I help professionals communicate with senior leaders to get better, faster decisions.

Here are a few recent achievements.

Authored three books. Here's a link to my latest, Engage for ICs who need to communicate with greater clarity and insight.

Helped a leader of a data and insights team to get his weekends back. He no longer spends most of Saturday and Sunday reworking his team's presentations.

Cut the time it takes for a board member to read and understand the board reports she receives by 90% (that number is correct!). The team now knows how to clarify and convey complex ideas so that she can quickly understand them.

Stopped the CEO and his exec team from describing preparing decision-making presentations as a 'chore'. I helped them collaborate better so they structured the right messages quickly.