Fundamentals of Level Three Leadership

73. The Language of Leadership

Concept

Language is one of the leader’s most important tools for influence. What you say and how you say it makes a big difference on how you lead, influence, and persuade other people.

As mentioned above, I think leader-like language has four main characteristics: clarity, memorability, authenticity, and respect.

Have you ever come out of a meeting and wondered what the main message was? In my seminars, every hand goes up. If you are speaking to a team, a group, your company, your message should be unequivocally clear. If people don’t understand what you are saying, you might as well not say it.

Have you ever come out of a meeting and a week later you can’t remember what the message was? Again, every hand goes ...