Communicating using our strengths

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As a leader, your ability to communicate effectively is the foundation to many leadership skills. Learn how you can leverage your strengths to communicate better both one to one and in group settings.

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Communicating Using Our Strengths

Foundations to Communications

Foundations to Communications

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Words

Tone

Body Language

Foundations to Communications

Foundations to Communications

Foundations to Communications

POLL: When do you find yourself talking more than listening and observing?

1 In meetings

In face-to-face conversations

Over the phone

All the above

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Leadership Communications

Leadership | Competencies

Leveraging Values Progression

Value CompetenciesWork through Others

• Communication• Delegation• Accountability

Value Competencies

• Manage through Managers

• Strategy

• Coaching / Development• Crucial Conversations• Difficult Decisions

Value CompetenciesOverall Business Strategy

• Vision• Strategic / Financial Decisions• Operating Mechanisms• Reflect / Analyze-------------------------------------• External Relationship

Business Manager (President/CEO)

Managing Managers

Managing Individuals

Communicating with Style

Inspire…

Be Genuine…

Deliver…

Understanding Your Audience

Questions?

Using Your Strengths for Leading Others

What are Your Strengths?

StrategicInnovative

IntegratorDecisiveInfluentialInspiring

Developer Coach

Adaptable

Learner

ResourcefulSupportiveCollaborative

CommunicatorPlanner Courageous

Driven

POLL: How clear are you on what your strengths are?

1 75-100%

50-74%

25-49%

0-24%

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Johari Window Model

(1) open/free (2) blind

(3) hidden (4) unknown

unknown by selfknown by self

unknown by others

known by others

(ask)

(tell)self-disclosure/exposure shared

discov-ery

self-

disc

over

y

others’ observation

feed

back

sol

icita

tion

Questions?

Potential Communication Derailers

What are your Potential Communication Derailers?

Talking over others

Overuse of “I”

Emotional Outbursts

Overuse of email

Avoidance of difficult conversations

Getting the last word in

Your Communications Success Plan

Steps to Success

Assess Your Strengths

Identify DeRailers

Assess Team Members Communication Needs

Identify Strengths to Leverage

Practice 1-1 communications

Johari Window for Team

Strengths and Communications Matrix

Team Members

John Carla Rick

Extrovert Extrovert Introvert

Detail Big Picture Detail

Auditory Action/Kinetic Visual

Your Strengths

Analytical – data driven; objective

Context- historical; tried & true

Discipline- ordered; planned

Includer- include others; accepting

Input- inquisitive

Wrap Up

What to Remember

Communications = backbone to leadership

Alignment: Words, Tone, & Body Language

Understand Audience Needs

Use your strengths

Develop techniques to limit derailers

Resources

Johari Window

Strengths Finder 2.0, Tom Rath (2007)

Myers Briggs (MBTI)

DiSC

Beth Millerbeth.miller@executive-velocity.com404.451.3726