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U.S. organizations spend a lot of money on skills training: $83 billion in 2019, according to the 2019 Training Industry Report from Training Magazine. That’s a 19% increase just since 2016! Yet these same organizations often find corporate training to be ineffective, with no lasting skills improvement.

Language can make or break a document. We’ve all read documents that have been difficult to get through; often, the blame for this can be attributed to the use of expletives (aka lazy pronouns), overused phrases, buzzwords, too many words, needlessly pompous words, and the inappropriate use of verbs and active and passive voice.

The 7 Cs of effective communication are the crucial ingredients in business writing that gets the job done and supports improved business outcomes.

Writing best practices for active vs. passive: here’s how to know when to use active or passive voice in your writing for maximum impact and clarity.

Most writers work without any writing strategy at all and compromise the effectiveness of their work. These 5 pre-writing activities can yield powerful, compelling documents every time.

Here are the three persuasive techniques that can power up any business or technical document and ensure authors produce the most effective writing.

Maybe you’ve read an SOP that didn’t quite make sense. Or perhaps it was a report that was a bit too dense. Or a manual that was so poorly written it made reading the dictionary sound like fun. Regardless of the document you’re skimming or the industry you work in, there’s no escaping the truth: Effective writing is essential in the workplace and bad writing, well, it sucks for everyone.

Learn all about the types of business writing, plus you’ll get our go-to checklist of business writing tips and strategies to help you write more effectively.

Surprisingly, poor writing skills can impact workforce morale, engagement, and turnover. Improving your business writing can ensure your workforce works at its best.

Miscommunication in the workplace incurs a high cost in talent, including dissatisfaction, disengagement, and turnover. Here’s how to recognize and avoid common causes.