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Leadership Skills Needed For Small Business Communication!

Without communication in your small business there is no leadership.
It not only takes time to learn leadership skills but also to develop
those skills. You not only need to have good verbal skills, but also
listening and visual skills. These all make for a great leader.

Did you know that there are six facial expressions that are know world
wide? They are happy, sad, fear, surprise, disgust and anger. If
someone says to you, I have a great idea for your small business, and
you reply with, Great, but have a frown on your face. You have just
communicated to them that you really are not that interested. Spend
more time listening in your business. You may be surprised with some
of the ideas they come up with. Remember lots of people have great
ideas and a great leader will listen and implement the good ones.

Mind Drift!

The content of a message we deliver is made up of 55% visual, 38%
audio, and 7% language. Only part of our mind pays attention when
someone is talking, it is called mind drift. People talk 100 to 175
words per minute and they listen 600 to 800 words per minute. When
others are talking, we tend to be thinking of something else. This is
a huge problem when it comes to communication in your business. There
is a way to counter act this. Read On!

Have you ever noticed that when you are listening to someone else
talk, your mind starts to wonder off? Before you know it you forget
half of what was said. To help stop this, ask a few questions along
the way so people will keep focused on the conversation at hand. You
will soon find that people will comprehend more of what you say.

Say you ask an associate to put an ad in the online classifieds for
you. You tell them you want it to say, big sale just reduced our
prices. When the ad comes out it says, prices reduced, no sale! That
would defiantly be a lack of communication and would also hurt your
business. A good rule of thumb is to put the ad you want published in
writing, that way there is no communication loss.

A few very important things to master your leadership skills for
better communication are:

Spend more time listening than talking.

Try spending more time listening to someone in your firm that has a
great idea. You can implement that idea into your small business if
you will really listen to the idea rather than talking. And if you are
doing the talking, stop and ask the listener if they understood what
you just said.

Never day dream while others are talking.

When someone is talking and we start thinking of something else our
mind does not really hear what they are saying. Our mind just drifts
along and all communication is lost. When you are doing the talking,
ask them if they have any questions, this way you will know if they
were truly listening.

Let others Talk once in a while.

Do not always dominate the conversation. Learn from what others have
to say. Watch their body language, this will give you an idea whether
they are receiving your information or not. You will not only be
classified as a good leader, but a leader that people want to follow
and your business will explode.

Confucius say: When you know something, say what you know. When you
do not know something, say that you do not know. That is knowledge!
With knowledge and good communication comes great leadership skills.
Can you image how much better communication would be if listeners
tried to understand first what someone is saying before trying to
evaluate what they are talking about?

By learning how to communicate the right way and implementing some of
these leadership skills into your small business, you are truly on
your way to being a good communicator. In turn this will increase the
success you have in your business.

About the Author:
Julianne Rowat, the author, is an internet marketing entrepreneur. She
has wrote other articles, press releases and has videos on
motivation, self improvement, and FAQ about having an internet
marketing business. Her husband is a retired fire fighter/ paramedic.
They have 4 children and 6 grandchildren. They travel all around the
United States in their motor home while working their internet
marketing business. Their mission is to help others all over the world
succeed in their own internet marketing business. You can read more
about them in their blog at: http://www.JulianneRowatsBlog.com or
check out their business at http://www.UltimateWealthFromHome.com



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