Thursday, September 21, 2006

Introducing What Is Leadership Communication?

Before starting explore leadership communication, we should define “leaders.” Leaders are individuals who guide, direct, motivate, or inspire others. They influence others in an organization or in a community. They command others attention. They persuade others to follow them or pursue goals they define. They control situations. They improve the performance of groups and organizations. They get results. In the accepted sense of the word leaders lead people to achieve certain purposes.
The effective leadership depends on effective communication. Without effective communication, a manager is not an effective leader. In fact, being able to communicate effectively is what allows a manager to move into a leadership position.
Now, to define communication: Communication is the transmission of meaning from one person to another or to many people, whether verbally or nonverbally. Communication from one person to another is often called the “rhetorical situation,” which is commonly depicted as simple triangle consisting of the context, the sender, the message, and the receiver.
The sender would understand the context, and the audience (receiver), select the right medium, and send a clear message. The receiver would receive and understand that message exactly as the sender intended.
The goal of mastering all aspects of leadership communication is to move you as close as possible to the ideal of the rhetorical situation. Leadership communication necessitates anticipating all interruptions and interferences through audience analysis and then developing a communication strategy that controls the rhetorical situation and facilitates the effective transmission of your message. So what is leadership communication?
Leadership communication is the controlled, purposeful transfer of meaning by which leaders influence a single person, a group, an organization, or community. Leadership communication uses the full range of communication skills and resources to create and deliver messages that guide, direct, motivate, or inspire others to action.

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