Clarity Basics online course by Davina Stanley and Gerard Castles

Clarity Basics online course by Davina Stanley and Gerard Castles By Davina Stanley and Gerard Castles

Davina and Gerard both trained at McKinsey & Company and now serve teams from Australia’s top companies, consulting firms and universities.

Learn five basic steps that help you communicate clearly in business

Are you an expert who struggles to lift yourself out of the details?

This introductory course distils 40+years’ experience in helping people like you get your point across quickly no matter how complex the content.

Our techniques help you synthesise the insights from your analysis so that your key messages resonate with your audiences, whether they share your technical expertise or not.

This introductory course overviews concepts that enable you to get greater cut through with your communication by helping you to:

Identify your main point and communicate it more powerfully
Map out your supporting points clearly and logically so experts and lay people alike can follow you
Reduce time spent second-guessing leaders’ requirements
Massively cut the number of document iterations
Make better decisions more quickly

Feedback

‘I have learnt that a presentation pack made up of a lot of details does not always mean that you get the message across. I have learnt that less is more, just need to focus on getting the point across in a more clear and defined way.’

‘I have learned that when I ‘stay on the reservation’ and stick to the ideas that are introduced in the course my messages land, and when I don’t they don’t.’

‘I loved the fact that the framework is not only easy to use but applicable to any type of communication, from emails to formal presentations, and even while designing the layout and content of a visual dashboard.’

Course contents

The Clarity Basics online course outlines simple steps you can take to create a compelling storyline that will underpin any kind of communication, whether in person or on paper. It includes three substantial modules:

Introduction to clarity
The Power of Patterns
Testing your logic

Each module includes a 10–20-minute video, downloadable course notes, a deliberately challenging challenge and solutions with implementation suggestions.