Executive Summary

Submit an executive summary of your leadership paper, following winter term revisions based on peer reviews, Writing Center Reviews, instructor reviews, further reflection, and related work on your presentation and/or video. This might also be a one-pager, poster, collage, social media kit, or mixed media version. (See me with a creative proposal.)

Executive Summary 

The Executive Summary provides a one- to two-page overview of your Personal Statement on Leadership. Readers will be able to scan it quickly for important themes, key points, and strong statements or recommendations. 

Content: 

You will already have completed another reading and revision of your Personal Statement. The Executive Summary will offer a concise but powerful overview of the following content elements:

· thesis statement: your main topic

· any pertinent background information

· analysis of leadership, business, and ethics considerations

· strong conclusion

Format:

The Executive Summary will likely follow the same order as your essay. Use of the following format features will help you to organize your summary, prioritize information, and highlight your main themes:

· Title and subheads

· Bullet points

· Bold and italics   

Visuals:

Be creative. Pay attention to design. Feel free to add relevant infographics and/or images that you would include in a powerpoint presentation!

Conclusion:

This exercise is designed to hone your skills in critical thinking and business writing. Being able to condense a Personal Statement into this format is useful practice for other business writing, including research reports, business proposals, project reports, and marketing pieces.   

Bring out your best style and be clear, concise, informative, and compelling.