"Communicating with IMPACT" - Patrick Donadio, MBA

Effective leaders understand that good communication also involves the ability to give clear direction and productive feedback. Here is another of my leadership communication skills tips to help you communicate your message more effectively: Communicate both priorities and deadlines. Sure you can walk up to an employee and ask for a list of tasks to be done. But without context, the employee might not do the tasks in the order you expected or might not complete them in the timeframe you wanted. Effective leaders communicate priorities and/or help employees prioritize. Effective leaders also are not afraid to ask, “When can you get this done?” Whenever possible, it is a good idea to create deadlines together. An employee might have several other projects going at the same time, and while you might not want to compromise time, you don’t want to sacrifice quality. ACTION During the next few weeks pay attention to how often you communicate priorities and deadlines. 1. Are you communicat...