L1: WHAT IS LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION?

A key component of successful leadership is communication. Any successful leader will be very effective in communication; using this skill leader can connect to various people at the same time in order to motivate, guide, direct, inspire and lead them towards organization’s goal. Along with effective skill, leader should also have genuine interest in other people or their follower’s growth.

Any communication involves transmission of meaningful information from sender to receiver via various means such as verbal, non-verbal or written communication. Any communication could have issues at each one of these components where sender could send wrong information or receiver could have miss interpretation or message could be altered due to addition of noise in it.

Leadership communication consists of layered, expanding skills from core strategy development and effective writing and speaking to the use of these skills in more complex organizational situations. Leadership communication consists of three primary rings; core, managerial, and corporate. The higher up in an organization a manager moves, the more complex his or her communication demands become. Core Communication strategy is included in the core, but managers will find they always need to take a strategic approach to be a master of leadership communication.  Managerial communication capabilities build on the core abilities. They are the capabilities that more directly involve managing others, from one-on-one contact to interacting with groups and the broader organization. Corporate communication involves expansion from the managerial skills to those abilities needed to lead an organization and address a broader community.

 Leadership communication depends on the ability to project a positive image, or more specifically, a positive ethos, inside an organization and outside.

In conclusion, improving their leadership communication ability should be a priority for managers wanting to be the leaders in their organization or community. They need to master the core skills and learn the capabilities included in the managerial and corporate rings of the leadership communication framework. By doing so, they position themselves to move into the executive suite and beyond.