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leadership 57 LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION

communication

The art of communication is the language of leadership James Humes

Let Leaders lead the way – the ideal is a The leader (and manager )

highly visible senior team that get out and communication challenges

about to engage with employees. A team 1. Bringing the strategy to life for their team

who understand the importance of 2. Getting the business message across

effective employee communication and meaningfully

show commitment towards it with time 3. Leading the team through change and

and resources. They understand their role making sense of all the initiatives

to deliver key messages about strategy, 4. Supporting the ‘party line’ in a way that

goals and priorities so everyone can work does not impact on their credibility and

towards them. They also seek to inspire, integrity

motivate and engage employees. 5. Sharing difficult and bad news

Credible leaders

Technical skills + Relationship + Walk the talk
skills
Competent Action oriented
Expert Empathy Get things done
Likeable
Composed Personable Integrity
Consistent Approachable Promises to action