Developing Emotional Intelligence and Culural Literacy to Strengten Leadership Communication - L6

Summary

In this chapter, I had learned to do as the following:

- appreciate the value of emotional intelligence
- take steps to increase to the own self-awareness
- improve nonverbal skills;- improve listening skills
- mentor others and provide feedback
- realize the value of cultural literacy
- use a cultural framework to understand differences.

This chapter talked about the Emotional Intelligence and Cultural Literacy which are important to communicate with others effectively. The first sections of this chapter discuss the value of emotional intelligence and how to achieve it;the later sections on nonverbal communications, listening, people development,and culture literacy will increase your ability to understand the emotional subtext.

Using Graphics and PowerPoint for a Leadership Edge - L5

Summary

In this chapter I had earned to do as the following:

-Recognize when to use graphics.

-Select and design effective data charts.

-Create meaningful and effective text layouts.

-Employ fundamental graphic content and design principles.-Make the most of PowerPoint as a design and presentation tool.

This chapter introduces the method of using graphics and PowerPoint in presentation. Leader need to know how and when to use graphips. Graphics improve presentation and documents,particularly if the material is primarily quantitative,structural,pictorial,or so complicated that it can be illustrated efficiently and more effectively with a visual aid than with words alone.

You can utilize PPT to catch the audience attention and every slide must contain meaningful content. Finally use the tools correctly, and you must know these tools are only the good aidance not the replacement.

Developing and Delivering Leadership Presentations - L4

Summary

In this chapter, I had learned to as do the following:

- plan your presentation, including development a communication strategy.

- prepare a presentation to achieve the greatest impact.

- present effectively and with greater confidence.

This chapter talked about how to present our message effectively through Three "P" process; Planning, Preparing, and Presenting. The process provides an approach to developing presentations that will help you move through each step strategically so that you can deliver any type of presentation with confidence.

This chapter applies the tools and techniques of determining the strategy, structuring communication coherently, and using language effectively – to the art of public speaking.

Using Language to Achieve a Leadership Purpose - L 3

Summary

In this chapter, I had learned to do as the following:

-Achieve a positive ethos through tone and style.-clearly and concisely.
-Use language correctly.
-Employ efficient editing techniques.

This chapter introduce that in the leadership communication, I need to reflect an appropriate tone and develop a confident style because the readers assume the ethos through both of them. I must make sure that our language is clear, crisp, and meaningful. The article has listed 10 guidelines to us for reference.

1) Avoid the overuse of the passive voice – the actor should come first in the sentence.
2) Avoid expletives, such as “there is” or “it is” – watch for the “it is …that” construction in particular.
3) Avoid the use of prepositional idioms.
4) Avoid the overuse of relative pronouns – who, which and that.
5) Avoid the repetition of words and ideas.
6) Do not overuse descriptive words, particularly adverbs.
7) Avoid weasel words, ambiguous noncommittal words.
8) Be aware of jargon and other kinds of gobbledygook.
9) Avoid nominalizations.
10) Finally, avoid redundancies.

As a leader, you want your audience to percieve positive ethos in your tone,to see you as confident,and to trust and believe you.This chapter begins by discussion how you an achieve a positive ethos throught your writing and speaking style,which your audience percieve as your tone.It provides ways to make your style more concise and, by doing so, ensure that you sound more forceful and confident.It then reviews briefly the correct use of language expected in leadership communication and concludes by showing you techniques the help you edit your own work.