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Is Your Communication Direct---Or Downright Damaging?

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Dianna Booher |
Small Business - Self Governance - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management - Sales |
Tue, 03/05/2019 - 02:58

Leaders like to think they know when and how to be direct. They should. Direct communication is good. Damaging communication, on the other hand, can destroy a relationship, partnership, sale, or reputation forever.

Why does one listener consider a comment “over-the-top” disrespectful, while another listener interprets the same remark as just “firm,” straightforward, even prudent? Why does one media outlet report a politician’s statement as a huge blunder, while another outlet reports the same comment as appropriate and even justified?

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A CEO’s Amazing Transformation Story

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Bill Benjamin |
Strategy - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management - Business Ops. |
Fri, 02/08/2019 - 02:04

I am professional speaker and after my speeches, people often share stories about their leaders: both the good and the bad. At a recent keynote, I was surprised at the number of positive stories people were telling me about thier CEO. They built a picture of a leader who had led an amazing turnaround in culture and performance.

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10 Leadership Communication Habits That Ruin Relationships

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Dianna Booher |
Self Governance - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management |
Tue, 02/05/2019 - 06:59

Few people admit to poor communication habits—much less habits that can cost them a promotion, a job, or a deal. Yet we’ve all seen the following bad habits in colleagues from time to time—and for some, they occur on a daily basis. Guard against letting these creep into your own interactions with staff, peers, or partners:

10 Poor Leadership Communication Habits

1. Abrupt Topic Changes

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4 Myths About How Executives Become Engaging Speakers

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Dianna Booher |
Small Business - Self Governance - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management |
Fri, 01/04/2019 - 05:47

Jason, an executive client, shared his new year’s goal with me: “I want to become a more inspiring speaker so that my employees really catch the vision for this upcoming year and get engaged.”

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3 Reasons Why the Ship Won’t Move When You Turn the Wheel

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Guest Blogger |
Management |
Fri, 12/21/2018 - 22:51

Ed Muzio, CEO of Group Harmonics

You’ve got the title, the corner office and the perks. But most of all, you’ve got a realistic picture of the job: to be an executive or senior leader is to be the person with whom the buck stops. Small, isolated problems arise and are solved all over the place, but when things go systemically wrong with customers, suppliers, employees or shareholders, you’re on the hook. You take that responsibility seriously and do your best to run an organization that acts intelligently and proactively in the best interest of those stakeholders -- to steer your ship to the deepest, clearest waters.