SKILL.md
Written Communication for Leaders
Scale your influence and drive alignment through structured, clear, and persuasive writing.
Help the user with written communication for leaders using insights from 12 guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter.
How to Help
- Framework application - Guide the user in applying the SCR or Minto Pyramid frameworks to their current draft.
- Narrative sharpening - Help the user identify and lead with their primary conclusion to ensure executive clarity.
- Tone and conciseness - Review drafts to remove fluff, strengthen logic, and adapt the tone for the intended audience.
- Process design - Assist in establishing async communication norms or structured feedback loops for the team.
Core Principles
Write for Personal Mastery
Julian Shapiro: "They're forcing functions for me to hold myself accountable and to be thorough when learning something for my own benefit. That's all they are. Basically if I want to go learn growth or writing well or some other topic, I will go ahead and do a ton of research, read everything I can get my hands on, do a ton of experimentation to try to build a set of novel insights that you couldn't find from other people's research hopefully, and then the next stage is try to make it as concise and actionable as possible so that I can reference it for my own selfish benefit."
Use writing as a selfish tool for your own learning to ensure the resulting work is thorough and high quality.