Communication
A leader’s success in this economic world depends on their effective communication skills. The problem is with most people is not their lack of ability to communicate; the problem is that they have not mastered the skill. There are two reasons why is happens so often: (1) we take communication for granted. Ever since we were born we have been try to communicate with those that are around us. With this much practice you would think that by the time we were put into a leadership role that we would know how to do it effectually. (2) We often think that we are better than what we really are (Hybles, 2007).
So what is communication? Communication is “any process in which people share information, ideas, and feelings (Hybles, 2007 pg …show more content…
A vision statement is when a company tells you what their plans are moving forward, what they want to accomplish moving forward. What this really tells you is that they have a plan and what they are going to do to reach their goals. They are looking ahead and have a plan as to where they want to be in the next five to ten years. To me this shows that they have vision and know what they want and what they have to do to get there.
Here is an example of a vision statement of Huntingdon College: “Huntingdon College, grounded in the Judeo-Christian tradition of the United Methodist Church, is committed to nurturing growth in faith, wisdom, and service and to graduating individuals prepared to succeed in a rapidly changing world”( David, 2009). There it tells us what they plan on doing with the students that attend their college. They want to show us that they are grounded in Christian principals and they plan to help teach these to those that attend their …show more content…
It takes a special kind of person to be able to be a good leader. As was stated in the beginning sometimes we do not know how to define a leader but we know when we see one. If you want to become a leader it will not happen overnight. It takes hard work and certain skills in order to become an effective leader. And if you are a leader you have to make sure that you are always looking to get better at the things you know you can work on, after all you have people who are watching you and you want to be able to show them and help them become leaders
A leader’s success in this economic world depends on their effective communication skills. The problem is with most people is not their lack of ability to communicate; the problem is that they have not mastered the skill. There are two reasons why is happens so often: (1) we take communication for granted. Ever since we were born we have been try to communicate with those that are around us. With this much practice you would think that by the time we were put into a leadership role that we would know how to do it effectually. (2) We often think that we are better than what we really are (Hybles, 2007).
So what is communication? Communication is “any process in which people share information, ideas, and feelings (Hybles, 2007 pg …show more content…
A vision statement is when a company tells you what their plans are moving forward, what they want to accomplish moving forward. What this really tells you is that they have a plan and what they are going to do to reach their goals. They are looking ahead and have a plan as to where they want to be in the next five to ten years. To me this shows that they have vision and know what they want and what they have to do to get there.
Here is an example of a vision statement of Huntingdon College: “Huntingdon College, grounded in the Judeo-Christian tradition of the United Methodist Church, is committed to nurturing growth in faith, wisdom, and service and to graduating individuals prepared to succeed in a rapidly changing world”( David, 2009). There it tells us what they plan on doing with the students that attend their college. They want to show us that they are grounded in Christian principals and they plan to help teach these to those that attend their …show more content…
It takes a special kind of person to be able to be a good leader. As was stated in the beginning sometimes we do not know how to define a leader but we know when we see one. If you want to become a leader it will not happen overnight. It takes hard work and certain skills in order to become an effective leader. And if you are a leader you have to make sure that you are always looking to get better at the things you know you can work on, after all you have people who are watching you and you want to be able to show them and help them become leaders