Leadership Communication: Communication Challenges for Leaders of the Future — Part 6: Fundamental Skills Gap

Posted by Dianna Booher - July 14, 2011 - General Communication, Uncategorized

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In the months since the Great Recession, while stalled between the two viewpoints “we’re rebounding” and “we’re heading for a double-dip recession,” organizations have learned that they can get along with fewer employees. After downsizing, survivors find themselves now filling the roles of two colleagues laid off or outsourced as a part-time contractor. The result: [...]

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Leadership Communication: Challenges for the Future—Part 5: Technology Temptations

Posted by Dianna Booher - July 5, 2011 - General Communication

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Communication Challenges for Leaders of the Future—Part 4: The Clash of High-Context Versus Low-Context Cultures

Posted by Dianna Booher - June 21, 2011 - General Communication

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A client recently called with this leadership challenge: “Our accounting team is located in the U.S. We crunch numbers, interpret them, draw conclusions, and recommend. Our headquarters is in Germany. The Germans are precise. “They gather mounds of data—but resist drawing conclusions. They are very literal. They want someone to tell them what to do about the data—precisely—with nothing [...]

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Communication Challenges for Leaders of the Future—Part 3: Fast But Flexible

Posted by Dianna Booher - June 14, 2011 - General Communication

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At a recent speaking engagement, the agent who’d booked the event attended my keynote. Afterward, we chatted as we headed across a skywalk for lunch. She was texting as we walked. “Sorry, but I’m trying one more time to get ahold of this speaker. I’ve got a client wanting to book him, and I’ve sent him six text [...]

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Communication Challenges for Leaders of the Future—Part 2: Use Multiple Channels

Posted by Dianna Booher - June 8, 2011 - General Communication

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A fifty-something CEO recently complained to his colleagues around the conference table, “I hardly ever hear from my kids anymore.” The other colleagues at the table—all CEOs—chimed in. Max added this tidbit from the conversation he’d had with his own son the previous weekend: “Son, your mother and I would like you to call occasionally. We [...]

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Communication Challenges for Leaders of the Future—Part 1: Surveys Say …

Posted by Dianna Booher - May 31, 2011 - General Communication

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What will be critical to successful leadership in the future? That was the question posed to me and four other authors (Ken Blanchard, Marshall Goldsmith, Jim Kouzes, and Jack Zenger) as panelists this past week at the American Society for Training and Development International Conference and Expo. From my own consulting experience and from responses on [...]