#52 COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF EFFECTIVE LEADERS with executive coach Heather Stark

Effective leaders are effective communicators.  Executive coach Heather Stark shares how to improve our communication skills and why leaders need to be good listeners, authentic, proactive, inclusive, intentional and mindful.   REFERENCES & LINKS Heather Stark & Stark Coaching * Email – heather@heatherstarkcoaching.com * LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherestark/ * Recommendations * Berkeley Greater Good – https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/ * Laurie Santos & The Happiness Lab – https://www.happinesslab.fm/ References & Resources * HBR (Nancy Duarte) – Good leadership is about communicating why – https://hbr.org/2020/05/good-leadership-is-about-communicating-why * HBR – How great leaders rebound – https://hbr.org/2007/01/firing-back-how-great-leaders-rebound-after-career-disasters * HBR – 5 Qs that newly virtual leaders should ask – https://hbr.org/2020/05/5-questions-that-newly-virtual-leaders-should-ask-themselves * Forbes– What is leadership – https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2013/04/09/what-is-leadership/#46a089e35b90 * Forbes – 15 ways to ID bad leaders – https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemyatt/2012/10/18/15-ways-to-identify-bad-leaders/#50800e6515da * Talk About Talk podcast on LISTENING – https://talkabouttalk.com/41-listening-with-norman-bacal/ * Talk About Talk podcast on ABCDEs of Communication – https://talkabouttalk.com/24-abcdes-of-communication-with-dr-andrea-wojnicki/ * Talk About Talk podcast on AUTHENTICITY – https://talkabouttalk.com/33-authenticity/ * Talk About Talk podcast on Giving NEGATIVE FEEDBACK (& the poop sandwich) – https://talkabouttalk.com/31-negative-feedback/ Talk About Talk & Dr. Andrea Wojnicki * Email – Andrea@TalkAboutTalk.com * Free Communication Coaching via the weekly Email Blog – https://talkabouttalk.com/blog/#newsletter-signup * Website – https://talkabouttalk.com * Facebook Group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/2512948625658629/ INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT Dr. Andrea Wojnicki: Thank you so much, Heather, for joining us here today to talk about communication skills for effective leadership. Heather Stark: Great to be here, Andrea, thanks a lot for having me. AW: All right, let’s get right into it. Can you tell us what are some of the most important communication skills for leaders? HS: Well, I think right off the bat, one of the most important things is the ability to listen.

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Improving your COMMUNICATION SKILLS can help you get noticed and get promoted! Dr. Andrea Wojnicki is a Harvard-educated communication coach whose research focuses on interpersonal communication and consumer psychology. Through the TALK ABOUT TALK podcast, Andrea and her guests share advice on how to elevate your communication skills. Learn about: • overcoming IMPOSTER SYNDROME & communicating with CONFIDENCE • PERSONAL BRANDING • communication skills for LEADERS • STORYTELLING • LISTENING skills • how to INTRODUCE YOURSELF and more! Subscribe to the Talk About Talk podcast and sign up for the weekly communication coaching newsletter.