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When NOT to seek strategy approval
How often do you outline your desired outcome as follows: I want the Board to approve my ABC strategy? While this is a good place to start and most likely true in the general sense, it’s not sufficient.A general statement like this does not set you up to truly...
A trap to avoid when engaging senior leaders
When we talk about deeply understanding our audience, what do we really mean?Is defining our audience as ‘the board’ or ‘the senior leadership team’ sufficient?If your issue is uncontentious, then likely yes.However, more often than not, leadership groups not only...
Why small steps matter
If you could do just one thing to elevate the quality of your communication, what would it be? This is a variation of a question I was asked last Sunday. The sentiment is helpful. Rather than procrastinating about a big hairy audacious goal, what is one concrete step...
How to shorten your communication
Naturally, I want my two new books to be as short as possible, and I've been reflecting on the best way to do that.It seems to me there are three ways to go about it, one of which is much more effective than the others. Let me explain.Polish it. I tighten the language...
MASTERCLASS – What do Boards want to know?
Do you ever wonder if Board members are a different breed? Do they have different needs because they are different people, or because they have a different role? In my experience it's a bit of both and a bit of neither too. I shared my thoughts more specifically in a...
A fast hack for structuring your message
My husband and I were just talking about the new 'synthesis' capabilities that Adobe is embedding into its software. This led us to a debate about the extent tools like this could be useful ... or perhaps even replace us? Here's my take. These tools will both help us...