Power in Precision: A Guide to Effective Business Writing

Unlock your career potential with the Power of Precision

In today's knowledge-based global economy, your writing is more than just a means of communication—it's a reflection of your professional identity. Power in Precision is your definitive guide to mastering the art of clear, effective business writing. Whether you're crafting emails, proposal or presentations, the ability to express your ideas with clarity and confidence can set you apart as a leader and open doors to new opportunities.

This book offers practical strategies and real-world examples that empower you to refine your writing, eliminate common pitfalls and communicate with precision and purpose. With sections dedicated to the fundamentals of effective writing, advanced techniques and the strategic use of artificial intelligence, Power in Precision is designed to elevate your writing and, in turn, your career.

Let Power in Precision be your guide to writing that influences, persuades and inspires.

Key features:

✓ Jargon-free: No need to know a participle from a conjunction.

✓ Rich in real-life examples: Learn from actual business scenarios.

✓ Practical alternatives: Replace clichés, hyperboles and consultant-speak with commonsense language.

✓ Redline fixes: Tackle common errors like e.g./i.e., affect/effect, misplaced hyphens and more.

✓ Tips on AI for writing: Learn how to prompt good content and use the checklist to make AI-generated writing more compelling.

✓ Practice: Use exercises to sharpen your editing and writing skills.

Power in Precision helps you master clear, effective business writing. Elevate your professional identity—start today!

Endorsements:

"The world needs better writers. We all spend much of our time in informal exchanges where punctuation is optional, spelling has become phonetic, phrases are reduced to four letters (all CAPS), and emojis tell the story. In some linguistic sense, it is fascinating. But formal writing hasn't gone away. Power in Precision should be compulsory reading for college students and young professionals who want career success and lasting impact in any field." Jennifer Banner, Corporate Board Director, and Industry Research Fellow MIT Center for Information Systems Research.

"Overall Power in Precision is very well done. Aligning what you think with what you say and what you write so that others understand you precisely and exactly is an art and a science that few learn and even fewer teach. This book guides the way." Nicholas Donofrio, former IBM Executive Vice President, Innovation and Technology, and Author, If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes.

"Mark Watson's Power in Precision offers business economists and new writers a primer and a style guide on how to write more clearly and directly. We all need this as we draft memos for our CEOs, or prepare policymakers for testimony, or present to large general audiences. Watson's call for better writing is on target. Much we read today can be imprecise, turgid, and riddled with jargon or clichés. If you want to reach your audience by improving your writing skills, this book is for you." Stuart Mackintosh, former Group of Thirty Executive Director, and Author, Climate Crisis Economics and The Redesign of the Global Financial Architecture.