The Core Skill of the Best Leaders
Summary
- I've learned that communication is a key skill for effective leadership.
- Many individuals have a gap between their technical skills, like marketing and sales, and their soft skills, such as communication.
- Especially during times of significant change, it's crucial to over-communicate.
- As our business grows and the team size doubles, the way we communicate needs to evolve.
- Effective communication will become a larger part of everyone's role in the company.
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How To Take Action
A good way of doing better in business is to be great at talking and listening with your team. You should talk a lot, even more when big changes are happening. If you're growing and getting more people to join your company, you need to change the way you talk with each other. Here's a simple plan to help you communicate better:
- Make sure to talk with your team often. This means daily or weekly meetings where you can share updates and listen to what they have to say.
- Practice explaining things clearly and simply. Try to say what you mean in a way that everyone can understand.
- Listen carefully. When someone is talking, pay close attention and ask questions if you don't understand.
- Give feedback nicely. When someone does something well, tell them. If they need to improve, help them learn how.
- Learn about talking and listening. You can find books or online videos that teach you how to be better at communicating.
By doing these things, you can become a better leader and help your business grow. Communication is a big part of every job, and it's important to be good at it. Remember, talking and listening are skills just like marketing and sales, and you can always get better!
Quotes by Leila Hormozi
"One of the core skills of the best leaders is communication"
– Leila Hormozi
"A lot of people have a large discrepancy between their hard skills and their soft skills"
– Leila Hormozi
"When there's a lot of change in the business, I need to over-communicate"
– Leila Hormozi
"In this business, we're getting to a point where that is going to be what breaks things"
– Leila Hormozi
"It's now this team is about to double, there's a different way that we need to communicate"
– Leila Hormozi
Full Transcript
one of the core skills of the best leaders is communication and a lot of people have a large discrepancy between their hard skills the marketing the sales Etc and their soft skills communication when there's a lot of change in the business I need to overc communicate in this business we're getting to a point where that is going to be what breaks things it's not going to be that people lack the skill we don't have anyone that does but it's now this team is about to double there's a different way that we need to communicate and it's going to require and take up more of each person's job
