Information is the lifeblood of business today, yet so many managers and employees convey information poorly in their writing. A recent survey of 120 blue-chip American companies found that a third of employees wrote poorly, a problem businesses are spending more than $3 billion a year to correct. This collection of Harvard Management Communications Letter articles lays out proven strategies for improving writing by guiding busy executives and employees in organizing their ideas quickly and communicating them clearly and concisely. For instance, "The Best Memo You'll Ever Write" and "Writing Well When Time Is Tight" focus on a time-pressed manager's need for a streamlined process to get ideas down on paper. "Writing an Executive Summary That Means Business," "Don't Push That Send Button!" and "Making Your Proposal Come Out on Top" provide tips on adjusting writing to make it most effective in a particular format or context. Also included in this collection are "Find the Right Tone for Your Business Writing," "Five Quick Ways to Trim Your Writing," "How to Write Correctly Without Knowing the Rules," "Is Following the Rules Tripping Up Your Message?" and "How to Engineer Compelling Prose: Teaching a Techie to Write."