Communicate Like a Leader
Communicate Like a Leader
Connecting Strategically to Coach, Inspire, and Get Things Done
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Pages: 208
Publication Date: 05 June, 2017
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When it comes to leading, there is a critical difference between communicating as a boss and communicating as a bully. Celebrated communicator Dianna Booher explains why a leader's success depends on knowing how to communicate strategically with audiences in an organization at their level of interest and relevancy.
“People don't leave an organization; they leave a boss” has become a truism in the workplace for good reason. The most common issue is that employees who get promoted from supervisor to manager or from manager to senior executive don't have adequate leadership communication skills for the job. As a result, they are stuck in micromanagement mode.
This book addresses this micromanagement problem by providing principles to help professionals think, coach, converse, speak, write, and meet strategically to deliver results. Booher guides readers through the transition from being a tactical thinker conducting day-to-day administrative work to being a strategic thinker dealing with critical problem analysis, generating innovative ideas, and aiming at a targeted solution. While strategic thinking is the first step to standing out, if you are unable to communicate your strategic thinking, you will remain stuck. Booher's research-based practice of strategic communication gives managers the training they desperately need as they move into leadership positions.
The ability to translate their knowledge, experience, and judgment for different groups and different levels in an organization transforms leaders from ordinary to extraordinary.
“People don't leave an organization; they leave a boss” has become a truism in the workplace for good reason. The most common issue is that employees who get promoted from supervisor to manager or from manager to senior executive don't have adequate leadership communication skills for the job. As a result, they are stuck in micromanagement mode.
This book addresses this micromanagement problem by providing principles to help professionals think, coach, converse, speak, write, and meet strategically to deliver results. Booher guides readers through the transition from being a tactical thinker conducting day-to-day administrative work to being a strategic thinker dealing with critical problem analysis, generating innovative ideas, and aiming at a targeted solution. While strategic thinking is the first step to standing out, if you are unable to communicate your strategic thinking, you will remain stuck. Booher's research-based practice of strategic communication gives managers the training they desperately need as they move into leadership positions.
The ability to translate their knowledge, experience, and judgment for different groups and different levels in an organization transforms leaders from ordinary to extraordinary.
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When it comes to leading, there is a critical difference between communicating as a boss and communicating as a bully. Celebrated communicator Dianna Booher explains why a leader's success depends on knowing how to communicate strategically with audiences in an organization at their level of interest and relevancy.
“People don't leave an organization; they leave a boss” has become a truism in the workplace for good reason. The most common issue is that employees who get promoted from supervisor to manager or from manager to senior executive don't have adequate leadership communication skills for the job. As a result, they are stuck in micromanagement mode.
This book addresses this micromanagement problem by providing principles to help professionals think, coach, converse, speak, write, and meet strategically to deliver results. Booher guides readers through the transition from being a tactical thinker conducting day-to-day administrative work to being a strategic thinker dealing with critical problem analysis, generating innovative ideas, and aiming at a targeted solution. While strategic thinking is the first step to standing out, if you are unable to communicate your strategic thinking, you will remain stuck. Booher's research-based practice of strategic communication gives managers the training they desperately need as they move into leadership positions.
The ability to translate their knowledge, experience, and judgment for different groups and different levels in an organization transforms leaders from ordinary to extraordinary.
“People don't leave an organization; they leave a boss” has become a truism in the workplace for good reason. The most common issue is that employees who get promoted from supervisor to manager or from manager to senior executive don't have adequate leadership communication skills for the job. As a result, they are stuck in micromanagement mode.
This book addresses this micromanagement problem by providing principles to help professionals think, coach, converse, speak, write, and meet strategically to deliver results. Booher guides readers through the transition from being a tactical thinker conducting day-to-day administrative work to being a strategic thinker dealing with critical problem analysis, generating innovative ideas, and aiming at a targeted solution. While strategic thinking is the first step to standing out, if you are unable to communicate your strategic thinking, you will remain stuck. Booher's research-based practice of strategic communication gives managers the training they desperately need as they move into leadership positions.
The ability to translate their knowledge, experience, and judgment for different groups and different levels in an organization transforms leaders from ordinary to extraordinary.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction: The Challenge of Leadership Communication 1
- PART 1 STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP: Think Long-Term Investment in People and Payoff
- PART 2 STRATEGIC CONVERSATIONS: Connect With Intent
- PART 3 STRATEGIC NEGOTIATIONS: Look for Mutual Opportunities
- PART 4 STRATEGIC SPEAKING: Persuade Minds and Win Hearts
- PART 5 STRATEGIC WRITING: Write to the Point
- PART 6 STRATEGIC MEETINGS: Deliver Results When You Meet
- Next Steps
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index
- How to Work With Dianna Booher and Booher Research
Review quote
Winner of the 2018 Axiom Award Silver Medal in the Networking Category.
“If you're a micromanager, you need to know it's not just ineffective-it's also the most labor-intensive leadership style. When you read Communicate like a Leader, you'll learn strategic communication skills that will improve your relationship with your people and actually make leading easier. Dianna Booher is the communication guru of the 21st century!”
-Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The New One Minute Manager and One Minute Mentoring
“Great leaders are great communicators, as Dianna Booher points out in this smart, useful book. If you want to become a top-notch strategic communicator, you'd do well to heed the advice in its pages.”
-Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach, business educator, New York Times bestselling author, and Thinkers50 #1 leadership thinker in the world
“Dianna Booher's brilliant new book, Communicate like a Leader, is the single-best communication guide I have ever read. In it are thirty-six clear, concise, relevant, and practical bits of strategic advice on how to connect with others. No fluff. No wasted words. All substance. I guarantee you that there is something in this book that you can use immediately-and more that you can apply tomorrow and the next day and the next. Buy this right now, read it as soon as you get it, and then put Dianna's expert advice to work for you. You will be very glad that you did.”
-Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the bestselling The Leadership Challenge and Dean's Executive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University
“Everything they didn't teach you at Harvard Business School-but should have-about leadership communication in the real world of work.”
-John Addison, bestselling author; Leadership Editor, Success magazine; and CEO, Addison Leadership Group
“More than a mere treatise on communication, this is an extremely practical and actionable book about becoming a better leader. It happens that leaders do their work by communicating, and Booher provides valuable tactics to use in a wide variety of circumstances. Every reader is guaranteed to take away some useful practices.”
-Jack Zenger, CEO, Zenger Folkman, and bestselling coauthor of The Extraordinary Leader and Speed
“Dianna Booher has done it once again. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking clear, practical, and actionable advice.”
-Catherine Blades, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Aflac Inc.
Great leaders have one thing in common: they are all great communicators. They have discovered how to convert their keen awareness into ideas that speak to one's emotions and ambitions. They understand that if their message does not take deep root, it will likely make little difference in shaping outcomes. In her newest book, Communicate like a Leader, Dianna Booher calls upon her vast body of work to create an inspirational playbook for leaders in pursuit of excellence. A must-read for people seeking to propel their career.”
-Bill Yancey, Managing Director, Operations, Hilltop Securities Inc.
“Communication and leadership are critical for all success. Dianna Booher is an expert on both fronts and an author of forty-seven books! Learn from her wisdom. Buy this book, read this book, and learn from the very best-I do!”
-Dr. Peter Legge, OBC, CSP, CPAE Hall of Fame, CEO and Chairman, Canada Wide Media Limited
“Once again, Dianna Booher has created a masterpiece of communication. This book is perfect for anyone who is a leader or would like to become one. Buy it. Read it. Study it. Use it. Bank it.”
--Jeffrey Gitomer, author of The Little Red Book of Selling and The Little Green Book of Getting Your Way
“If you're a micromanager, you need to know it's not just ineffective-it's also the most labor-intensive leadership style. When you read Communicate like a Leader, you'll learn strategic communication skills that will improve your relationship with your people and actually make leading easier. Dianna Booher is the communication guru of the 21st century!”
-Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The New One Minute Manager and One Minute Mentoring
“Great leaders are great communicators, as Dianna Booher points out in this smart, useful book. If you want to become a top-notch strategic communicator, you'd do well to heed the advice in its pages.”
-Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach, business educator, New York Times bestselling author, and Thinkers50 #1 leadership thinker in the world
“Dianna Booher's brilliant new book, Communicate like a Leader, is the single-best communication guide I have ever read. In it are thirty-six clear, concise, relevant, and practical bits of strategic advice on how to connect with others. No fluff. No wasted words. All substance. I guarantee you that there is something in this book that you can use immediately-and more that you can apply tomorrow and the next day and the next. Buy this right now, read it as soon as you get it, and then put Dianna's expert advice to work for you. You will be very glad that you did.”
-Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the bestselling The Leadership Challenge and Dean's Executive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University
“Everything they didn't teach you at Harvard Business School-but should have-about leadership communication in the real world of work.”
-John Addison, bestselling author; Leadership Editor, Success magazine; and CEO, Addison Leadership Group
“More than a mere treatise on communication, this is an extremely practical and actionable book about becoming a better leader. It happens that leaders do their work by communicating, and Booher provides valuable tactics to use in a wide variety of circumstances. Every reader is guaranteed to take away some useful practices.”
-Jack Zenger, CEO, Zenger Folkman, and bestselling coauthor of The Extraordinary Leader and Speed
“Dianna Booher has done it once again. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking clear, practical, and actionable advice.”
-Catherine Blades, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Aflac Inc.
Great leaders have one thing in common: they are all great communicators. They have discovered how to convert their keen awareness into ideas that speak to one's emotions and ambitions. They understand that if their message does not take deep root, it will likely make little difference in shaping outcomes. In her newest book, Communicate like a Leader, Dianna Booher calls upon her vast body of work to create an inspirational playbook for leaders in pursuit of excellence. A must-read for people seeking to propel their career.”
-Bill Yancey, Managing Director, Operations, Hilltop Securities Inc.
“Communication and leadership are critical for all success. Dianna Booher is an expert on both fronts and an author of forty-seven books! Learn from her wisdom. Buy this book, read this book, and learn from the very best-I do!”
-Dr. Peter Legge, OBC, CSP, CPAE Hall of Fame, CEO and Chairman, Canada Wide Media Limited
“Once again, Dianna Booher has created a masterpiece of communication. This book is perfect for anyone who is a leader or would like to become one. Buy it. Read it. Study it. Use it. Bank it.”
--Jeffrey Gitomer, author of The Little Red Book of Selling and The Little Green Book of Getting Your Way
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