You'll communicate with more impact when you are crystal clear about what you're trying to accomplish, and how you need to show up to accomplish it.
Author Scott Eblin compares creating this clarity to the "swing thought" golfers practice before taking a shot, mentally rehearsing their process and outcome.
When...
In the English language, we expect the subject at the front of the sentence ... how often do you begin sentences with "I"?
Leadership is not about the leader. It's about challenges, opportunities and empowerment. It's about the people to whom you're speaking.
As communications expert Phyllis Mendell points out:
Nitin Nohria, Harvard Business School's 10th dean, maintains that
"Communication is the real work of leadership."
The more difficult or important the conversation, the clearer this becomes.
The next time you're in an important conversation,
or one that's going poorly,
ask yourself three questions:
