Our September 2026 Excel Insights Newsletter is now available.

As we enter the final months of the year, most teams are facing the same pressure. Year end reporting, budget reviews, and planning for 2027. This edition was written to help you pause and review how your team works before the rush begins.

What is Inside This Excel Insights Newsletter: September 2026

The Excel Insights Newsletter September 2026 focuses on year end reporting readiness. It is a short, practical read designed for managers, executives, and L&D teams who want to improve how reporting is done without adding more manual work.

Inside this issue, you will find three short sections that work together.

First, we look at reporting workflows. Many teams tell us they have good tools but the process itself is still fragile. The newsletter highlights 5 common signs that show when a reporting process may need an upgrade. These are patterns we see often during our public and in house sessions, from copy and paste heavy work to reports that depend on one person to maintain them.

Second, we included a practical tool guide. One of the most common questions we receive is when to use Excel versus Power Query versus Power BI. The guide in the Excel Insights Newsletter September 2026 gives you a simple way to match the tool to the problem you are trying to solve, so you can decide where to invest your learning time.

Third, we added a quick 2027 Readiness Check. This is a short checklist for your team to use together. It helps you assess whether your current reporting process can be reused, refreshed, and shared easily as you move into next year. The full checklist is inside the newsletter, and it is designed to start a conversation in your next team meeting.

We kept each section short and visual so you can read the entire Excel Insights Newsletter September 2026 in under 10 minutes and share the relevant pages with your team.

Why We Created This Excel Insights Newsletter September 2026 Edition

Each year, we see the same cycle. Teams wait until Q4 to realise that reporting takes longer than expected, data comes from too many places, and documentation is missing. By then, training budgets are already closed and there is no time to fix the process.

This September edition was created to give you an earlier window. It helps you identify small process gaps now, while there is still time to address them through workflow changes or targeted skills training before year end close.

This edition highlights common reporting challenges we often see in our sessions in Petaling Jaya and across Malaysia. It reflects real issues faced by finance, operations, HR, and marketing teams that we work with in Petaling Jaya and across Malaysia.

90-Day Planner and HRD Corp Claimable Programs

To support your year end planning, the Excel Insights Newsletter September 2026 also includes our 90-Day Planner for September to November 2026.

We included the planner in this issue because many HR and training teams need to finalize their 2026 HRD Corp claims and training schedules in September. Having the dates in one place makes it easier to secure seats and submit claims early.

The planner covers our HRD Corp claimable programs across data, AI productivity, marketing and design. All sessions will be held at Armada Hotel Petaling Jaya and Excel Academy in Petaling Jaya, which is our main training location for public programs.

Instead of listing all dates on this page, we have kept the full calendar inside the newsletter PDF so you can download it, print it, or forward it to your HR team directly.

Download the Excel Insights Newsletter: September 2026

You can view and download the full Excel Insights Newsletter September 2026 below. It includes the full articles, the tool decision guide, the readiness checklist, and the 90-day training calendar.

Excel Insights Newsletter September 2026 – Download PDF

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