How to Write Professional Business Reports

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Why this Course is Important

“Learn how to write a report step by step. From planning through to proofing – create a polished and persuasive business report.”

Many senior employees and almost every manager are expected to write reports as part of their job. However, the sad reality is that most people have never been trained to write business reports.

Are you writing reports, want to brush up on report writing skills, or need to learn how to create professional-looking reports that deliver the information for those who request it? This short and sharp session will help you learn how.

In this session, you’ll learn how to save hours off the report writing process through better preparation and planning. You’ll learn what questions to ask, so you’re not reinventing the wheel when you write different reports.

But best of all, How to Write Professional Business Reports will teach you how to structure better and the best ways to edit and proof your reports so they shine.

Course Objectives

Successful completion of this course will increase your ability to:

Understand how a professional report is structured.
Avoid making common report writing mistakes most untrained people make.
Organise your ideas and research in an outline.
Make your reports technically and visually appealing.
Write your report with impact.

What You Will Learn

The main purpose of business reports.
The four “Cs” of effective and persuasive professional writing.
Who are Rudyard Kipling’s six servants, and why do you need to know them to help your business writing?
The four stages of report writing.
The report writing sequence.
What is plain English, and why should you learn to write in this style?
Locating evidence and investigating content for your report.
Organising your information.
Using the journalist’s pyramid.
The importance of writing concisely.
Using the active voice.
Writing proper paragraphs.
Understanding more about the executive summary.

Personalised Certificate for Completion

23-cert-report At the end of each training session, participants will be asked to complete a short assessment based on the course covered and receive a personalised downloadable certificate.

Professionally Designed Workbook Included

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Your course comes with a professionally-designed downloadable workbook. The workbook will allow you to add information gained during the training, as well as add your own thoughts and observations. The last page of the workbook contains a personal action plan to help you implement the key lessons from this training session.

BONUS: For managers, team leaders, and supervisors attending this training, you will also receive a bonus coaching question sheet. This is the perfect tool for having powerful coaching conversations with individuals or your entire team about this topic.

Paul Puckridge

For the past 26 years, Paul Puckridge has been the training director and head instructional designer at The Success Institute. Over nearly three decades, Paul has trained over 10,000 managers and employees from any of Australia's most respected and well-known private and public organisations. Paul has a passion for professional development, ongoing learning, and a deep desire to help develop Australian managers' and employees' skills and work smarts.