Clarity Matters & the Facts Ma’am, Just the Facts
Clarity Matters. While clarity and brevity may have become a lost art, understanding the importance of clear, lucid, and straight-forward communication is nonetheless critical to your success as a leader. In today’s column I'll reveal (clearly and briefly) the tricks of those who practice what I call “the black art of confusion” propagated by the ruse of ambiguity. Have you ever finished…
Tone Deaf Leadership
You’ll rarely come across successful leaders who have a tin ear. The best leaders are tuned in to the emotional needs of those whom they serve. They engage, they listen, they empathize, and they acknowledge. They treat you as a colleague, not a subordinate. They seek to understand not direct. They are not tone deaf - they are relevant because they show they care. Are you guilty of having a…
5 Communication Tips for Leaders
Regardless of your station in life, both what you say, and how you say it matters. It matters to an even greater degree for those in positions of leadership. They simply don’t have the luxury of choosing their words in a cavalier fashion, so I'd like to offer five communication tips for leaders. Heres the thing- whether in a written or oral form your vocabulary matters. Few things make an…
Great Leaders Leverage Great Messaging
Great leaders understand the power, influence, and leverage created by great messaging. Do you ever find yourself sitting back and marveling at those leaders who always seem to have the right thing to say? Contrast this with the feelings you have when you hear an awful sound-bite that makes a leader look either uninformed or unintelligent. The difference between the two aforementioned examples is…
Buzzwords Aren’t All Bad
Here's an "out of the box" idea - buzzwords aren't all bad, and when used properly in business-speak, they can actually be valuable. The problem is that many people tend to tune out anyone who chooses to use them immediately. The vitriol is so intense that many have taken to trivializing anyone who utters these buzzwords as an incompetent, uneducated, and completely inferior corporate citizen.…
Polishing Your Public Speaking Ability
If your public speaking ability is a bit rough around the edges, then today's post is written for you. If you're a CEO or CXO you will be called upon to speak on a fairly routine basis...You better get used to it, and you better get it right. The downside of public speaking is that nothing has the potential to highlight your flaws like the spotlight of being center stage. In today's post, I'll…
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