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5 Voices
How to Communicate Effectively with Everyone You Lead
5 Voices (2016) is a handbook designed to help you communicate more effectively in your professional and personal life. To do this, leadership experts Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram argue, you need to get a handle on what type of communicator you are. These blinks outline five communicative strategies and provide a wealth of tips and tricks that’ll help you get your point across without getting in peoples’ faces.
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- Team members and leaders
- People looking to fine-tune their communication skills
Before becoming a bestselling author, Jeremie Kubicek was the CEO of Leadercast Conferences, a platform that helps leaders reach their full potential. His previous books include Making Your Leadership Come Alive (2011) and 5 Gears (2015).
Steve Cockram is the cofounder of GiANT Worldwide, a company specializing in leadership training for executives. He is also the coauthor of 5 Gears and a successful consultant.
© Jeremie Kubicek: 5 Voices copyright 2016, John Wiley & Sons Inc. Used by permission of John Wiley & Sons Inc. and shall not be made available to any unauthorized third parties.
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5 Voices
How to Communicate Effectively with Everyone You Lead
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5 Voices (2016) is a handbook designed to help you communicate more effectively in your professional and personal life. To do this, leadership experts Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram argue, you need to get a handle on what type of communicator you are. These blinks outline five communicative strategies and provide a wealth of tips and tricks that’ll help you get your point across without getting in peoples’ faces.
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Nurturers look out for others rather than themselves, and often go unheard.
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- Nurturers look out for others rather than themselves, and often go unheard.
- Creatives are the voices of innovation, but people often struggle to understand their ideas.
- Guardians seek to protect traditional values and are highly pragmatic.
- Connectors bring people together, forge new bonds and maintain existing relationships.
- Pioneers are fanatical about achieving their goals and don’t shy away from making tough calls.
- Encourage nurturers to speak up and allow creatives to think outside the box.
- Letting guardians ask tough questions, encouraging connectors’ passions and asking pioneers to speak last will lead to more positive meetings.
- The most effective team managers lead by example and control their own voices.
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