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Quick tips: writing executive summaries

You may have just written the best report of your career, but it's vital that your executive summary is at least as gripping: it'll be all some of your readers have time to read.

Still, for those of you equally short on time, try our audio tips to hear trainer Kathy Gemmell explain how to write an executive summary that does your report justice. Three minutes is all it will take to find out:

•     how long it should be

•     what to put in, and – equally important – what to leave out

•     how to achieve the perfect structure.

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