Pre-order: Talking Up - Present to Senior Leaders

You know the work better than anyone in the room. Then a director asks a question, and the answer comes out too long, too late or too vague.

Talking Up is a practical e-book for supervisors and first-line managers who have to brief the people above them. It covers status updates, bad news, asking for resources, and the question that comes out of nowhere.

What’s inside:

The Altitude Shift: turn floor detail into what a senior leader actually decides on: money, risk and people.

The Signal Brief: Signal, Impact, Options, Ask. It fits on one page or into 60 seconds, and it’s adapted from SBAR, the format nurses use to brief doctors.

3-30-3: the point in 3 seconds, the case in 30, and the detail in 3 minutes, but only if they ask.

Bad news and tough questions: a ready line to buy yourself a moment, and a one-breath reset for when you freeze.

Real data and charts from cited studies, plus charts you fill in yourself. They show how long your own updates and bad news take to reach a decision-maker, and how to shorten that time.

Templates at the back: a one-page brief, a status update and a resource request.

It’s laid out the way a senior leader reads: summary first, one idea per page, and a 30-second box in every chapter.

PRE-ORDER: pay $39 today (the first-buyer price) and get the full e-book by email by Saturday, November 14, 2026. If it isn’t delivered by then, you get a full refund, no questions asked. Your confirmation PDF arrives right away.

Part of the Talking Up series by Dynamic Management Systems (DMS). Not ready to buy? Start free with The 30-Second Update card.

AI disclosure: written and designed by James Johnson with AI-assisted drafting and design tools.