Sharpening Your Report Writing
Improves Your Communicating Skills
Report writing is one of the modules in the communicating
skills series of our DEMO program, also included in our
August Managers Self Development session.1
Here are the session notes from my session that I recorded in My Journal ©
In summary, before you write define the reader and analyze
your subject matter. Clarify (in your mind) exactly what you want your reader
to know.
When writing, start off by getting the reader's attention. Make it
interesting using style. Appeal to your readers' interests, explaining
benefits. Let your writing reflect your personality. Be clear and organized.
Avoid wordiness.
Flow Chart for effective results-oriented writing: ->Decide on your
objective ->Analyze your subject ->Analyze your reader ->Write the opening
->Write the body ->Write the conclusion.
The best leaders, managers and supervisors have outstanding
communicating skills -- including report writing. As I have pointed out
elsewhere, moving others to action is their primary responsibility. And they
do that by selling their ideas in all forms of communicating.
Improving report writing is a matter of applying proven principles and
following a checklist each time you produce a report. The DEMO
online report writing session includes excellent exercises and the
checklist. These can be used in the follow-up mentoring session.2
which should include exercises applied to current session-related challenges in
the work place.
Just remember,
improved communicating skills is good for your employees
and for your organization.
Regards,
Richard
Dowell President,
Best Managers on the Net®
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1You can enroll simply by signing up for our monthly
information Updates either at this site or
www.Best-Managers-Business-Online.com.
2In the best skills training programs each group of participants has an assigned
mentor (normally the direct reporting supervisor). The mentor conducts module
follow-up either through face-to-face or synchronous online sessions.
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