"Developing excellent communication skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others.
If a leader can't get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn't even matter."
— Gilbert Amelio, President and CEO of National Semiconductor Corp.
Explanation
According to my understanding, the quote means that it is very important for a team leader to tell his members clearly that what is his expectation from the members. The leader should give specific dates and timelines, outline specific outcomes and give justification how to achieve the outcomes if possible. If the meaning of the orders from the leader is not understood by his members, the orders are just meaningless words. Then, the outcomes definitely will not be what are expected to be obtained. This could lead to a big lost for the team. Leaders should be sensitive to the emotions of the people who listen their requests and able to judge that whether the people understand what they have to do. In the nutshell, I think this quote has explained the importance of a leader to have good communication skills within the organisation.
Thank you, Mize, for setting up your blog and posting this detailed explanation of the quote. We may discuss it in class.
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