The Heller Report

Contributor Guidelines

The Heller Report goes out to 40,000+ technology leaders and the executives who hire them. If you have a point of view that would make that audience stop scrolling - on AI, technology leadership, executive search, or the shifts reshaping your own corner of the industry, we'd like to hear it. Please review the guidelines below and send us your idea.

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Contributor Guidelines

  • 1
    Understand our audience.

    Our readers enjoy learning about successful business practices in an ever-changing world; proven ways to gain ROI from artificial intelligence and other technologies; management techniques that bring out the best performance in their teams; and career advice from those at the top of their profession. Explain why your piece addresses a topic like those above, or another subject this audience needs to know. 

     

  • 2
    Tell us why your piece is important.

    Is your piece offering advice gained through experience? Is it providing data and other evidence to substantiate your points? Think about the pieces you have found helpful in your leadership career. Emulate them. And read The Heller Report to see if what you’re writing is a match.

     

  • 3
    No sales pitches, please.
    It pays not to mention specific products, services and your own company in the body of the article. We do provide space for a short author biography to showcase your current role.
  • 4
    Length.

    Aim for 1,000 words.

  • 5
    Consider submitting an outline

    We are happy to review an outline of your article to let you know if your idea has potential for us. Our team will review the prose, ask questions and suggest improvements.

    The elements of an outline could contain, for example:

    • Your main idea, and why it is important to The Heller Report audience.
    • Why you are a good person to be writing about this.
    • Supporting evidence of your main idea. This can include experience, research data, or other information. We appreciate website links to data points or other information in the public domain.
    • Why this information is valuable. Lessons learned, insights gained, important actions to take as a result.