- Hardback edition has been shortlisted for the CMI Management Book of the Year 2012
- Includes unique and original interviews with over 60 top leaders from a wide range of business and public sectors
- Includes case studies from companies such as Airbus, Alcatel, Barclays, CBI, M&S, Deloitte, GlaxoSmithKline, Emirates, WWF, McLaren, London Olympic Bid, Rothschild and Lloyds
- Includes new interviews from CEOs whose companies have been hardest hit by the financial downturn
The Language of Leaders
How Top CEOs Communicate to Inspire, Influence and Achieve Results
Chairmen and CEOs of high-profile global organizations talk about how they have risen to the challenge of inspiring, influencing and achieving great results and reveal what they believe about successful communicating in the age of transparency.
Key features at a glance
EAN: 9780749468125
Edition: 2
Published:
Format: 234x156
288 pages
About the book
Inspiring communication can make the difference between poor performance and exceptional results. This is why CEOs and HR professionals now believe that the ability to understand, motivate and inspire others is the characteristic that is most important when recruiting senior leaders. Many leaders wrongly perceive they have to become inspired orators if they are to inspire others. Wrong.
Language is a system of communication, so the issue is: what system should leaders use to inspire brilliant results?
This is the question Kevin Murray answers in The Language of Leaders. Based on original interviews with an extraordinary list of more than 70 top leaders from a wide range of business and public sector organizations, this book provides a unique insight into how these leaders have responded to the demands of a transparent world. It reports on what they have learned and creates a lexicon for successful communication. The message from these leaders is resoundingly clear - communication is now one of the most crucial skills of leadership.
Filled with actionable lessons and insights from leaders of high-profile organizations, The Language of Leaders is an invaluable book for anybody in a leadership position, or who aspires to lead.
About the authors
Kevin Murray specializes in strategic communication, reputation management and leadership coaching. He has 40 years of experience in communications, first as a journalist, then in corporate communications, and now consultancy as chairman of The Good Relations Group, which is part of Chime Communications plc.
For the past three decades, Kevin has been advising the global chairmen and chief executives (and their leadership teams) of a wide range of organizations. He has provided personal coaching for many of these leaders, helping them to become more effective communicators.
A treasure chest of precious stories and ideas that will be of enormous value to all who read it for many years to come.
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