In one of his books, Stephen R Covey, Educator and author, The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness, said, “Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves.”His assessment of leadership and its inextricable link to communication is reflective of his astute understanding of the two concepts. Leaders are selected to lead a team in fulfilling a given task or objective. It, therefore, requires the leader to influence, persuade and motivate their team. It is said that you can communicate without motivating, but it is impossible to motivate without communicating. If this is true, then to be a good leader, one has to master the art of communication.What makes a leader a good communicator? Is it just passing down instructions or informing the team about the task? If communicating to motivate is the key to bringing out people’s worth and potential, then a leader must communicate and more.School of Meaningful Experiences has...
