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3. Today's topic: Better papers more quickly.
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How often do papers come together in a scramble just before they must be submitted for review? Perhaps you …
These are just three collaborative challenges that limit not only the speed of preparation, but also the quality of insights they contain.
Why?
Delivering papers that are both insightful and useful leans more heavily on collaboration than many realise.
In my experience, teams that prepare their papers with minimal midnight oil result from leaders driving the process that:
Here is how I visualise a process that consistently elevates the quality of thinking in my client's papers while slashing the time they take to prepare them.
I hope that helps, more next week.
Davina.
PS – This is the framework that underpins both of my new books, Elevate and Engage. I'll be sharing more from the book in the coming months as we finalise each one
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1. Thank you for the LinkedIn follows. I very much appreciate your support as I build my profile on that platform.
2. The March BoardPaper Bootcamp is open. Learn more here.
3. Today's topic: Better papers more quickly.
_______________________________
How often do papers come together in a scramble just before they must be submitted for review? Perhaps you …
… left it to the last because you assumed you only needed to tweak a few details in last month's paper, only to realise that this particular board presentation required more?
… received an ambiguous briefing and delayed your preparation because you frankly didn't know where to begin?
… waited for quite some time to receive stakeholder feedback, which turned out to be substantive and required you to burn the midnight oil to finish?
These are just three collaborative challenges that limit not only the speed of preparation, but also the quality of insights they contain.
Why?
Delivering papers that are both insightful and useful leans more heavily on collaboration than many realise.
In my experience, teams that prepare their papers with minimal midnight oil result from leaders driving the process that:
- Readies their teams early so they appreciate why the paper is needed and what it needs to achieve.
- Iterates the messaging around a highly-structured one-pager to ensure everyone can contribute quickly and substantively to what really needs to be said.
- Settles the document to check that it reflects the agreed messaging before it is delivered.
- Embeds the learnings from preparing and delivering the communication to ensure the team can grow together.
Here is how I visualise a process that consistently elevates the quality of thinking in my client's papers while slashing the time they take to prepare them.
I hope that helps, more next week.
Davina.
PS – This is the framework that underpins both of my new books, Elevate and Engage. I'll be sharing more from the book in the coming months as we finalise each one
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Free MasterClass – New topics every month, as well as access to an extensive library of recordings, case studies, tools and templates to lift the quality of your communication.
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March BoardPaper Bootcamp now open – Work with me in a small group and in 1-1 coaching to prepare papers and presentations that engage senior leaders and boards. Maximum cohort of 15. Learn more here.
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