What is effective communication? It’s authentic communication and that’s what makes it an important part of modern day CHROs leadership traits.
Leadership is understood to be more of a concept to contemporary managers rather than a personality trait. Going beyond the traditional theories of management, however, communication is understood to be a strategy which reflects on one’s leadership capabilities. On the other hand, effective communication is understood to be a successful trait to facilitate strategic leadership. A great leader treads the path of compassion and empathy without losing sight of the business goals achieved through clear and transparent communication. This needs training and development from a very early phase of managerial onboarding within an organization. Being a skilled communicator is not at all easy for leaders as communication strategies are culturally intertwined with several organizational factors.
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How can effective communication strategies bring out the good leader in you?
Clear thinking is one of the most basic aspects of business decision making. Business experts reveal that, a logical thinking process is reflected through thought sharing and ideation, while sharing information is an integral part of driving the communication model. But, how do you drive such communication models on your own?
Most of the Indian organizations, or for that matter of fact, Hindu undivided Businesses (HUFs), have very specific communication outcomes, while operating within organizational environments. On the other hand, when we take a close look into the developed economies such as the US, leaders are known for sharing valid information within the formal network of the organization concerned.
Keeping recorded communication is important in the US, as leaders allow an active team participation to drive business outcomes. However, formal channels of communication in the developed economies like that of the US are preferred in order to build up an interactive response. Experts reveal that, in most of the US headquartered organizations, communication is driven through protocols.
When can leaders refer to an effective communication strategy?
Leaders, more often than not, can work towards a successful team engagement when it comes to communication.
A common purpose remains to be engagement besides uniting the team in favor of a common business goal. Communication strategies should be focused to build on employee motivation, and this needs to be essentially reflected through performance. Influencing work patterns need to emerge, so that role models can be created within the broader organization context.
Building up on an effective communication strategy: What remains to be the bottom-line?
Frequently, most of the leaders in the US, when confronted, have agreed that each and every communication strategy followed within the given context, should be financially driven. A strong message for the managers within the US, post pandemic remains to be ‘evangelize the future’ to set the path. Thus, keeping in view the business map aligned with respective career goals could help the team members to foresee the personal career growth path. This remains to be the foundation of ‘motivational leadership’ in the long run.
Do the effective leaders drive a so called ‘tunnel vision’?
No, not at all. Gone are those days, when managers have encouraged tunnel visions in order to encourage a narrowed focus. Building up a digitized platform to share information can really help in this regard as it allows the employee to understand the expectations of the stakeholders concerned.
Is a content based communication model popular amongst contemporary leaders?
Leadership traits revolve around the ability to inspire, empower and encourage followers to conduct themselves with transparency and collaboratively in different situations. It requires every leader to plan a roadmap that allows team members to accomplish a task with minimum friction at work or in remote. It is built on foundations of Knowledge Management and Corporate Leadership.
A much pertinent question, business experts reveal that a content driven communication model is often followed by effective leaders to initiate change management. Building in the interest of the employees, a directly cohesive communication strategy needs to be followed in order to cater to the emerging market demands. An interactive approach can be followed by effective leaders depending on the considerable factors as has been stated by the contemporary HR experts.
Since ‘good listening’ happens to be an integral part of a successful communication model, leaders are suggested to practice conscious listening skills to comprehend employee demands. At the end of the day, leaders need to work beyond target based achievements, and must assume a holistic framework to harness sustainable performance.
Conclusion
Effective communication should be the hallmark of successful leaders in the contemporary context. Communication remains to be a personality trait which needs to be harnessed within the organizational culture to drive well driven business performance. Finally, laying down a well-defined communication plan (viz. A Model Framework) can be useful as leaders can take a ready reference if required.