Communication is the accountability of the management
Communication is not someone else's responsibility, it's yours. As the leader, the money stays with you. Make communication an important part of your job and understand that poor communication across the company is ultimately yours.
Be responsible for communicating with your employees
Whether or not it is included in your detailed job description, executives at all levels of an organization have an important and specific role in connecting the dots between the bigger picture and what it means to employees. Nobody is more influential than you, the leader.
Specifically, the role of a leader is to do the following:
- Find and provide context information for organizational information. Your job is to help teams and individuals understand what they read and hear
- Make information relevant so that each employee knows how he or she fits in and what role each person has valued
- Provide job-related information so your team has critical information to help them do their jobs more effectively and efficiently
- Provide information and inspiration, including feedback on individual performance, achievement recognition, celebrations, etc.
Many leaders underestimate the power and authority that their leadership and accountability can provide.
To what extent do you show responsibility for communication in your organization?
– –David Grossman
In order to communicate well, you have to plan your communication – be it for a colleague, your team or company-wide. Click the image below to download your copy of this free communication planning tool – Take 5 ™ Planning Template – to plan your communication in just 5 minutes.
