article thumbnail

HBR's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011

Harvard Business Review

As 2011 comes to a close, the editors of HBR.org are taking a look back at the most popular blog posts of the year to find out what most preoccupied you, our readers. HBR's 11 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011. by David Silverman. Silverman's basic philosophy on cover letters? Better Time Management Is Not the Answer.

Blog 16
article thumbnail

How to Succeed in Business Writing: Don't Be Dickens

Harvard Business Review

If you have a suggestion ("buy more cows") and a counter suggestion ("sell all the cows") that are both reasonable, but based on different assumption ("the ability of cows to manage portfolio investments for our clients") then put those two contrasting thoughts and their reasoning in separate paragraphs. One paragraph; one point of view.