How do you know a leader is a strategic communicator?

I’ve worked with a lot of very senior leaders in multiple industries in multiple countries.  What separates those leaders who communicate strategically from those who don’t?  Simple. Leaders who are NON-strategic communicators focus on what they want to say. Leaders who communicate strategically start with what it is they need their people to do in order for their businesses to succeed.  Then they focus on what needs to happen to get those people there, including what communication is necessary.

About barrymike1

Barry Mike is managing partner of Leadership Communication Strategies, LLC, a firm he founded after four years as a managing director for CRA, Inc., a management consultancy specializing in solving business problems whose cause or solution is communications. He has worked extensively as a trusted advisor and leadership communication coach with partners at McKinsey & Co., the world’s leading strategic consulting firm. He has also consulted with senior and emerging leaders in organizations like Kaiser Permanente, Carlson Companies, McDonald’s, Merrill Lynch and Watson Wyatt, crafting a deliberate and outcome-based approach to communicating to key constituents and stakeholders, building leadership communication capability, advancing strategic alignment and communicating corporate change. Barry started consulting after extensive corporate communication experience working with senior executives on strategic leadership communication at T. Rowe Price, Pizza Hut, Verizon, and HP. He has recently published articles on organizational accountability, communicating compliance, and changing corporate culture in the journals Strategy and Leadership, Organizational Dynamics, and Strategic Communication Management.
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