Sending your visuals early gives senior leadership more time to understand the material.

Commit to being a person that executive leadership wants to hear from when the chips are down.

Executives do care about the details. However, initially, they simply don't have the time to wade through them all.

Senior management and boards of directors don’t need all the technical details.

Connecting the material to executives doesn’t mean dumbing down the work.

When something is obvious, it does not require embellishment.

The things you do to make your presentation and reports more accessible to people with impairments make your work more understandable to all

A well-prepared communicator demonstrates competence naturally through clarity, relevance, and precision.

When you communicate evenly, you foster collaboration and show respect for the collective wisdom in the room.

It’s a subtle shift that makes a world of difference.

The Fins of FINESSE provide some helpful associations. The bottom fin of FINESSE, the audience, provides us with our balance.

Career growth depends on using proven communication approaches in addition to hard skills.

Rare events can usually be identified within the seven categories of crisis.

The next time you feel inclined to make a statement, try turning it into a question instead.

FINESSE is a model that helps you get the boss, and boss's boss, to understand.

Business leaders deal with tables every day.

Alt text for tables is a small step that can have a big impact.

Make sure all of the backup firepower is present. Management and the lead presenter share an essential role in making it happen.

Playing the "not readable" card should be the exception, not the rule. Sometimes you need to know how to bend a rule but not break it....

Screaming for help and directing someone to call 911 is the difference between talking at versus talking to someone.