GOOD MANAGEMENT
- annleo
- Jan 29, 2015
- 2 min read
By Mike Toebes, Account Manager - annLeo, Inc.
”Deliver your words not by number but by weight.”
An old proverb indicating that it’s not so much that communication occurred, but how and what was communicated. Communication is the main ingredient to success, no matter where you are. It’s how you build relationships and have proper engagement. Relaying effective information is the key to always having a positive outcome to any conversation, whether it was good or bad. Good leaders are good communicators. Clear communication will make all the difference to be admired and gain the trust of the people around you.
Prepare yourself for each conversation. Don’t go in blindly. Make sure your goal is clear and concise and be prepared for the receiver’s feedback and act accordingly. Be convicting in what you mean. Show passion for goals and your audience will open up. Connect the dots with this goal to larger goals and how it will help the success of everyone. Lay out the steps to make sure you have an understanding of how to meet your goal. As someone that is taking in the message: keep an open mind. When you shut off certain things for any reason, it already puts a dent in whether the current plan will be successful. Recognize key points and understand your role in the process. Use feedback to grow. Take suggestions and feedback with you and input that into your work.
You can take all the preparations and precautions you want, but sometimes that can’t prepare you for the real time situation. Road blocks are poisonous, use your team to take those down. The process of removing those can bind your team communication stronger. Show respect, be definitive in your purpose, identify the best way to communicate, never assume the message was taken, and make sure everyone understands without any underlying emotions. Dig deep and ask the questions to put your business in good communication health.
So many stories in history can come back to great communication. Whether it was Steve Jobs and Apple working as a team or the USA hockey team from the Miracle on Ice. You can look at any of these successes and see where that communication took place. Steve Jobs certainly couldn’t have developed all these ideas on his own. It takes individual strengths utilized as a team. It takes an offense and a defense to work together to win. Don’t let single people carry whole boulders by themselves. The pyramids weren’t built by several individuals carrying one boulder at a time. They developed a system to pull those boulders together. It’s important that, as a team or business, we remember that. It takes a team to carry responsibilities as a group. Build good relationships, engage with other employees, recognize those employees and their thoughts, have good, positive conversations, clarify the goals, anticipate feelings, and relate to one another. These are the steps to great communication and the very foundation of pushing forward and pushing through to meet the ultimate goal: Success.
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