Dr. Tina Allton: Women in Leadership: Tips for Effective Communication

Why Are Communication Skills Necessary for Good Leadership?

Leaders must be good communicators because they inspire and empower people around them, and without good communication skills, a leader would never be heard or understood by others. Therefore, effective communication is an important non-technical skill that every leader must possess.
Possessing communication skills for effective leadership is not limited to words; non-verbal action behavior also plays an important role. It is believed that non-verbal cues are an important part of effective communication skills. Therefore, a leader must work on their body language and non-verbal cues while interacting with employees to ensure that their message is rightly conveyed to the team.

On today's episode, Dr. Tina shares very practical steps for every leader and basically, everyone who wants to grow in their communication skills.

Gold Nuggets:

• Effective Communication is more than just speaking clearly or slowly.


• Do not interrupt people when they are speaking, allow them to finish.


• Keep it short and simple


• Your body language and the tone of your voice are very important when speaking.

Do Take a listen!