I am a director with Salesforce (TC - $350k) and am doing good. However one gap that I have is my writing (docs and email) and presentation creation skills. If I address this it will help me. Any recommendations on how I can do this? Courses, books, etc.
That’s the most important skill for PMs. I would suggest a few - 1. Try to put on the slide the key points that you want the audience to take way 2. Try to use visuals as much as possible because most people think visually 3. In emails - do a TLDR esp when sent for execs 4. Use grammarly for grammar correction 5. Proof read before you send anything - some of the grammatical mistakes I see sometimes are outrageous
communicate with the pyramid principle. Pretty cliche consulting method, but it works
Tell a story on post it notes before touching ppt. If it doesn't make sense or isn't compelling, keep adjusting until you get there. Only then work on the decks. Also, one issue I see and it's basic but, lots of pm's don't pay enough attention to the problem or the audience, assume everyone has the same info they do. Again, basic but key to good story telling.
Can you edit your last sentence? Seems like a typo in there
Book: On writing S.king
Nobody at Salesforce writes anything. They just build garbage decks and everything else happens verbally. Terrible communication practices from top to bottom.
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