{"id":98,"date":"2010-12-02T14:38:42","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T14:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nustrideexecutivecoaching.com\/site\/?p=98"},"modified":"2010-12-02T14:38:42","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T14:38:42","slug":"communicating-as-a-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nustrideexecutivecoaching.com\/site\/?p=98","title":{"rendered":"Communicating as a Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered why you have been successful as a leader? If there was one competency that contributed to your leadership success &#8211; what would it be?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m wondering what your reaction would be if I said that one of the most effective leadership competencies is <em>communication<\/em>. Let&#8217;s take it a step further with the idea that the most effective part of communication is <em>listening<\/em>! I enjoy the thought that <em>with the ratio of two ears to one mouth, we should listen twice as much as we speak<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I remember, as a manager, going into meetings with supervisors regarding resource allocations. It required a lot of restraint on my part to not participate actively in the conversation but to step back and really listen to what was being said. I was able to limit my conversation to asking questions and getting clarification. When I did provide my thoughts at the end, people felt they had been listened to and were much more supportive of a decision &#8211; even if it didn&#8217;t follow their recommendation.<\/p>\n<p>A few quotes on this topic that ring true for me are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people &#8211; Woodrow Wilson<\/li>\n<li>silence is a source of great strength &#8211; Lao Tzu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, the next time, in your leadership role that you wish to say something, ask yourself &#8211; is this a time to listen or a time to speak?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NuStride welcomes your comments &#8211; just click on the title of any of the blogs and a comments section will appear at the bottom of the page.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective leaders recognize the power of listening over speaking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[19,4,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nustrideexecutivecoaching.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nustrideexecutivecoaching.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nustrideexecutivecoaching.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nustrideexecutivecoaching.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nustrideexecutivecoaching.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/nustrideexecutivecoaching.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"http:\/\/nustrideexecutivecoaching.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nustrideexecutivecoaching.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nustrideexecutivecoaching.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nustrideexecutivecoaching.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}