Free Executive Summary Templates

An executive summary is a short, standalone version of a longer document — a business plan, project proposal, report, or research paper — written so a busy decision-maker can grasp the whole picture and act on it without reading the full document. It's the page investors, executives, and funders read first, and often the only page they read closely. The free templates below are editable MS Word files, and below them you'll find the structure that works, a complete worked example, and the mistakes that make summaries get skipped. Two Rules That Decide Whether It Works 1. Write it last.… Read More