Communication is critical to your professional success. If you are not a strategic communicator, your effectiveness within your organization will be minimized. Years of knowledge and experience mean little in the hands of someone who can’t communicate effectively. Becoming a strategic communicator will maximize your ability to influence others in your organization.
Learn to speak the language of executives.
Reading articles on executive communications, such as Marielle Segarra’s article, “How to Be a Strategic Communicator: 5 Tips,” is one way to improve the effectiveness of your communications. In her article, Segarra gives CFO readers five ways they can improve communication when discussing finance with the rest of the organization. The five tips Segarra gives are: align interests, teach finance, tell a story, get to the point, and don’t go it alone.
I was pleased to be interviewed for two of these steps to more effective communication: teaching finance and not going it alone.
Cultivate teaching skills.
You’ll also learn how to teach others about finance to facilitate your communication. Telling a story to increase communication effectiveness and the importance of keeping to the point are discussed.
Don’t go it alone.
As you read Segarra’s article on becoming a strategic communicator, you’ll learn how you can improve your communications by aligning your goals with those of other departments.
Taking advantage of these five tips will help you become a strategic communicator.
For more ways to improve your communication skills, read some of the articles on leadership communication on the Garfinkle Executive Coaching website.
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