Email, Slack, Teams, text messages… we communicate with words a lot. Words matter. They do. And so does body language, tone, and context. Leadership isn’t only about the words we choose. It’s about listening actively, and understanding your team’s perspectives, concerns, and ideas. Making people feel that they, and the work they do, matters requires […]
On the next episode of The Leadership Communication Show, I speak with Dr. Karuna Ramanathan, an expert in change leadership and transformation. Over the past three decades, he’s been empowering senior leaders to transform their organizations with a focus on people and culture. His work has helped leaders boost self-awareness, emotional intelligence and the ability to
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See my facial expression in this photo? It’s expressing how I feel when someone calls me “Mike” right after I’ve introduced myself as “Michael.” If you call me Mike and you aren’t family or a super-close friend, I know you don’t know me well. What else does it mean? That’s right, the person didn’t listen.
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Before I ran my own businesses, I would get a piece of feedback during some annual reviews that would annoy me — incredibly. It came in different permeations, but always sounded something like this: Okay, so listen. I’m a supportive person. I get it. It’s one of my top strengths, and frankly it’s a superpower for
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On the next episode of The Leadership Communication Show, I speak with Robert Jordan, co-founder and head of the leadership team at InterimExecs — a leadership executive matching firm that matches organizations with the right leaders to step in during times of trouble or stagnation. Robert and I were introduced earlier this year and when we first met, we
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