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Revaluing Writing
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A (Very) Simple Way to Improve Your Writing
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Yes, College Essays Are Ruining Our Economy
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Effective Communication Begins with a First Impression
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Corporate Writing Doesn't Have to Sound Like It's Written by Committee
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Bad Writing Is Destroying Your Company's Productivity
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Craft a Story to Sell Your Business Case
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4 Tips for Writing Better Email
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A Speech Is Not an Essay
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How to Ask a (Near) Stranger for a Favor
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A Better Approach to Group Editing
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Master the Art of Asynchronous Communication
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When Not to Tell 'Em What You're Gonna Tell 'Em
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Being Professionally Personable on Facebook
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Harvard Business Review Guides Ultimate Boxed Set (16 Books)
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Effective Business Case Collection
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Persuasion
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HBR Guide to Better Business Writing
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The Canons of Rhetoric
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Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn: The Power of Writing to Launch and Sustain a Movement
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Good Charts Workbook: Tips, Tools, and Exercises for Making Better Data Visualizations
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Next-Level Negotiating (HBR Women at Work Series)
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3 Ways to Make Your Writing Clearer
Communication Digital ArticleQuickly. -
If You Want People to Actually Read What You Write
Communication Digital ArticleEver get looped into an e-mail thread on the fifth round and tried to figure out which part you're supposed to read? All you see is a tangle of text chunks... -
Management Communication: A Self-Paced Learning Program
110.00View Details Communicating effectively can make all the difference between success and failure as a manager. Developed by business school faculty for use in MBA, undergraduate... -
The Essential Guide to Crafting a Work Email
Communication Digital ArticleThere are rules. -
Why Peter Drucker's Writing Still Feels So Relevant
Global Business Digital ArticleHe approached management as a historian, not as a guru. -
Revaluing Writing
Business writing Magazine ArticleCompanies spend whatever it takes to develop intellectual assets. At the same time, they routinely seek to minimize their investment in the technical and procedural documents that tell people how to use those assets. Such meta-information as instruction manuals, process descriptions, and procedure guides script the experience of customers and the performance of suppliers and […] -
Developing a Teaching Case (Abridged)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Provides an overview of the case development, interviewing, and case writing process. -
How to Write Email with Military Precision
Business writing Digital ArticleGet to the point. -
A (Very) Simple Way to Improve Your Writing
Business communication Digital ArticleIt’s called the “one-idea rule” — and any level of writer can use it.