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The first few newsletters will cover the most fundamental pillars of good leadership. Being well-practiced at these will set you up for success in any field.
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Poor communication will tank the best teams.
The good news is that good communication is achievable by anyone. It has little to do with your personality or temperament or even your mood on any particular day.
Good communication is a skill you can practice, and like all skills, mastering it is straightforward: follow the recipe until it becomes second nature.
There's a recipe for good communication. Like other recipes, one of the best ways to learn it yourself is to teach it to someone else.
One of the most important things leaders can do for their teams is to set standards. You can write them down, or lead by example, and hopefully you do both. To ensure people on your team practice good communication, you set a standard for it. In this way, you teach it to them. You follow it yourself.
The main gap between poor communication and good communication is knowing how much to say. Here's the recipe.