One common trait of effective managers and leaders is that they are effective communicators. In my articles, I give you insights on how you can communicate to others to get the results you need.
In 2011, I made 18 video posts on a variety of management and leadership topics. The video posts were popular, but five of them were particularly important to readers. They are as follows: 1. John Kotter on the Urgency of Change This was the readers’ favorite video. In this video, John Kotter, the guru of [...]
Last year, I made a commitment to readers of my blog to increase the frequency of my blog posts. I’ll soon pass the 200 mark. I must admit that I sometimes want to give myself a Special Agent Tibbs, NCIS head-slap for doing so, however. It’s a lot of work to write frequently with the goals of keeping [...]
Leaders ask questions. Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers. –Robert Half
The one thing a leader cannot withhold from people in the Information Age is information. – Carla O’Dell.
If You Don’t Give People Information, They’ll Make Up Something to Fill the Void.– Carla O’Dell There’s an old saying that information is power. Some organizational leaders misuse this saying. They adopt an authoritarian style that information is always on a need-to-know basis. They also generally believe that the less their teams know–the better. The [...]
Managers today have access to much more information than many of us Baby Boomers did when we began our own management journey decades ago. As I blog, and as I read the excellent work of other bloggers, I often think how much the Internet has really leveled the playing field. A simple Google search on any [...]
Leaders ask questions. Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers. –Robert Half Good communication skills are essential to effective leadership. Leadership communication is more than setting direction and inspiring others through one’s words, however. It is equally about asking the right questions of knowledgeable people to get the right [...]
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