Report Writing Mastery: From Beginner to Pro

Who is this course for?

This one-day course is designed for professionals across various sectors, including managers, team leaders, analysts, consultants, administrative staff, and anyone who needs to produce clear, effective reports as part of their role.

Whether you are looking to improve your writing skills for business reports, technical documents, or formal communications, this course provides valuable techniques and insights for professionals at all levels who seek to enhance their written communication and achieve better business outcomes.

Benefits

Attending this course offers significant benefits, such as mastering the ability to plan and structure reports efficiently, ensuring your messages are clear and concise.

You will learn to use visuals and data effectively to support your arguments and acquire essential editing and proofreading skills to produce polished, error-free documents.

Ultimately, these skills will enhance your ability to communicate complex information clearly and persuasively, leading to improved decision-making, better stakeholder engagement, and a more professional presentation of your work.

Purpose and Impact of Business Reports

Types of reports
Importance of clear purpose and defined audience
Formal tone vs informal tone - implications in business settings

Planning and Structuring a Report

Why planning saves time and improves clarity
Section purposes and transitions
Layout, formatting and visuals

Executive Summaries and Recommendations

Executive summary as a decision-maker’s preview
Characteristics of a strong summary
Recommendations that are clear, actionable, and evidence-based

Writing with Clarity and Precision

Avoiding jargon, wordiness, and vague language
Passive vs active voice
Adapting tone for audience

Proofreading

How to evaluate reports for usability and credibility
Reviewing for structure, clarity, consistency, and professional tone

Face-to-face training

Training is held in our modern, comfortable, air-conditioned suites.

Lunch, breaks and timing

A hot lunch is provided at local restaurants near our venues:

• Bloomsbury
• Limehouse

Courses start at 9:30am.

Please aim to be with us for 9:15am.

Browse the sample menus and view joining information (how to get to our venues).

Refreshments

Available throughout the day:

• Hot beverages
• Clean, filtered water
• Biscuits

Online training

Regular breaks throughout the day.

Learning tools

In-course handbook

Contains unit objectives, exercises and space to write notes

24 months access to trainers

Your questions answered on our support forum.