L-1 What Is Leadership Communication?

The Communication skills in leadership are very important skill a leader must possess. A leader must be able to communicate effectively because strong communication skills can seriously affect the success of a business team. A leader is usually carefully chosen by a group or organization because of his or her effective communication skills and methods to influence others to listen to what they are saying. A good communicator needs to know how to effectively direct, motivate, guide, or inspire the workers in the organization.
When individuals get ahead in business, he/she must be able to make good decisions, and to get things done efficiently, in a timely manner, and through the right people. The leader also has to ensure that the communication is clear, correct, and created through the best methods.

A good leader can learn to analyze and study the people he/she will have to deal with and develop a communication strategy combined with good writing and speaking skills. This framework will help the leader to master communication skills at the most basic level as well as expand those skills in order to lead and manage the groups. Eventually, the skills will enhance the success of the entire group or organization as a whole.

With good communication skills, positive leadership ethos is also a very important quality. While trying to successfully develop effective communications and influence others, a leader’s ethos will define the quality and reliability of that leader. This can be described as the ability and the character of the leader to persuade others to trust and have faith in his/her methods. The confidence, the credibility, and the ability to induce others to listen to his/her communications are a must in the world of business. It is very important that a leader knows how to build a positive ethos and develop a good character which makes him/her more persuasive and worth doing business with. Positive ethos can affect a leader’s success in delivering the messages as well as induce the audiences to believe and trust what the leader is trying to say.

Through effective communication, leaders lead. Good communication skills enable, foster, and create the understanding and trust necessary to encourage others to follow a leader. Without effective communication, a manager accomplishes little. Without effective communication, a manager is not an effective leader.