Writers get better through practice but they are also encouraged to read as much as they can, to learn from others. I think accountants who want to improve their writing skills should heed this advice. Read finance reports and documents from inside and outside your organisation with a sense of
You’ve been writing since before you can remember. You’re better at writing now than you were in high school. No one complains about what you write. There’s nothing you need to learn to get your job done. Or is there? Here are five reasons why you might
The accountant who gets the promotion, isn't the one with the insight but the one who can explain the insight. That’s why you need to invest in your verbal and written communication skills.
Today is publication day for the new edition of [_Financial Management and Accounting in the Public Sector_](https://amzn.to/42f3H9h). To go with it I have created a set of pages on my website with [links to further reading, videos, audio and other resources](https://www.managingpublicmoney.co.uk/
Once your report has the right words in the right order you still need to check it for mistakes. This requires a close-reading of the text and it can be difficult to see mistakes when you are so familiar with the text. Here are three simple ways that can help
Internal audit reports have not changed much since I wrote my first one in 1987. The technology has changed but not the content or structure. I wrote my first audit reports in the 1980s by hand and they were then copied by a typist before being sent to the client.
Finance reports are not crime novels so don’t write them as if they are! Whether writing an email or a 20-page report we tend to think of it needing a beginning, middle and end. This encourages a structure along the lines of: > _Here’s a problem ==> This
I've shared before that, > Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. When you write an email keep it as short as you can. Then… Before you press send, review it. Remove all the sentences
1️⃣ **Use keyboard shortcuts** Navigating documents and spreadsheets is quicker using the arrow keys than using a mouse or trackpad. There are shortcuts for most of the popular actions such as copy (Cmd/Ctrl + C), paste (Cmd/Ctrl + V), save (Cmd/Ctrl + S), and open (Cmd/Ctrl + O). In Word
These are the rules for smart writing, the Axios way. 1. Rephrase sentences to be shorter and clearer. 2. Reformat paragraphs so what's key stands out. 3. Remove filler words so readers stay focused. 4. Style your text to be quick and easy to scan. <img src=
To get a promotion you need to have something that makes you better than the competition. You might decide that for you that thing will be your technical knowledge. You will know accounting standards inside out or you will be the person everyone turns to when they can’t figure
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