Elevate

Few people, it seems, enjoy Board papers. They are a necessary part of corporate life, but are often dreaded by those who have to write and maintain them. Despite best efforts, leaders and Board members frequently complain about the mediocrity of papers, making the task even harder for the writers.Those writing them dislike: Playing red-pen ping pong iterating on drafts Spending nights and weekends wading through stakeholder comments Enduring Board meetings focused on clarifying rather than debating important issuesIn Elevate, Davina Stanley, helps you lift the quality of thinking in your papers and deliver them in a fraction of the time. Davina has worked with hundreds of corporate clients and has collected data over several years to solve the problem of mediocre Board papers.Elevate explains how to Set up everyone to work at level and add more value. Structure your high-level messaging into a single page. Iterate quickly around the substance rather than meddling in the minutiae, stuck in ‘track changes’.Join hundreds of business, government and not-for-profit teams who have lifted their game.

'Davina provides a really clear and concise roadmap to quality board presentations and the methodologies needed to get the best team results.' - Wayne Lewis, Board Chair, Ballarat Hospital

'Before I read Elevate, preparing board papers was a chore. Davina Stanley has opened my eyes to the great opportunity that exists as a senior leader to not only build the capability of my team, but also efficiently extract enormous value from the board reporting process. I highly commend this focused and practical guide and suggest it should be the standard approach adopted by organisations everywhere.' - Daniel Musson, Chief Experience Officer, Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Fund

'Elevate is an engaging, punchy and pragmatic book that will help you communicate better. It reminds us all to get to the very heart of the matter, and to think of communication as a valued corporate competence and source of competitive advantage. Implementing the invaluable lessons within the book will encourage more insightful thinking and inevitably deliver real commercial value to your organisation.' - Adam Bennett, former CEO, NSW Land Registry Services

'This guide is so effective for teaching and embedding more powerful communication within a team. Elevate is enjoyable and easy to read with relatable content and stories of the all too familiar and painful paper review cycles we find ourselves in. I love Davina's practical advice for how to break unproductive patterns to save time and to empower leaders and contributors. Her detailed workshop schedule and metrics to track tangible

improvement are so valuable, her book is now required reading in my team!' - Jasmine Parer, Service Design Lead, HSBC

Davina Stanley has helped leaders clarify and convey complex messages for 25+ years. She began this work as a communication specialist at McKinsey. After working for the Firm and as a freelancer for 18 years, she focused on helping corporate clients. Approved to teach the Pyramid Principle by Barbara Minto in 2009, Davina enjoys a challenge. She taught lawyers to get their advice across in 30 seconds before focusing on corporate teams. Davina wrote Elevate to help executives better engage senior leaders and Boards. Learn more at e.

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