Writing to the board

Insider content to help you plan and write targeted reports for your board or senior team

Contents

Featured

Quick questions

Useful resources

Featured

A middle-aged male senior executive sat at a board table. He wears a suit but underneath is a faded Superman shirt. He is reading a hard copy of a report and furrowing his brow. He looks tired and has a big pile of other reports to get through. He has a glass of Scotch resting on the table.

Stop writing for superheroes. Board members are human too.

Fundamentals

Writing a report for the board? Here’s what you need to know

Effective summaries

How to write an executive summary for your board report – and why you should [with examples]

Fundamentals

The problem with board report templates (and what you should do instead)

Fundamentals

How to structure a business report

Insider insights

What your boss doesn’t want from your report

The board want insights as well as facts

All articles

A middle-aged male senior executive sat at a board table. He wears a suit but underneath is a faded Superman shirt. He is reading a hard copy of a report and furrowing his brow. He looks tired and has a big pile of other reports to get through. He has a glass of Scotch resting on the table.

Stop writing for superheroes. Board members are human too.

Writing a report for the board? Here’s what you need to know

How to write an executive summary for your board report – and why you should [with examples]

The problem with board report templates (and what you should do instead)

How to structure a business report

What your boss doesn’t want from your report

Grey-haired female exec reads doc. Modern office behind her.

The board want insights as well as facts

Quick questions

For those answers that don’t need a full article

Useful resources

Your free guide to better customer responses

Your go-to guide to better writing

Your route to better bid management

Case studies

See how we’ve helped our clients

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Business report writing, Writing to the board

'We cut the iterations on our strategy documents from 56 to just 4!'

Shawbrook Bank

Shawbrook Bank

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Professional email writing

Small UK charity makes big international impact thanks to clear, convincing communications

Refugee Rights Europe

Refugee Rights Europe

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Bids and proposals

How a tiny team at a children’s charity won the biggest contract of their lives

One YMCA

One YMCA

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Bids and proposals

Streamlining the writing process and speaking with one voice at Suez Environnement Group

Suez Environnement Group

Suez Environnement Group

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Business writing essentials

Concise, consistent and contract-winning writing at Spinning Clock

Spinning Clock

Spinning Clock

Bids and proposals, Technical writing

Simplifying technical language and raising communication standards at SeaRoc Group

SeaRoc Group

SeaRoc Group

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Business writing essentials, Writing to customers

Demystifying legal speak at Nabarro for a rebrand that sets it apart from the competition

Nabarro

Nabarro

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Bids and proposals

Liverpool John Moores University boosts sales-writing skills with bespoke training programme

Liverpool John Moores University

Liverpool John Moores University

Corporate communications

Tailored treatment means healthier writing at The King’s Fund

The King’s Fund

The King’s Fund

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Writing to customers

HSBC overhaul complaint-handling style to cut comeback and connect with customers

HSBC

HSBC