Leadership Essentials: Communicating Vision

Overview/Description
Today's leaders must be able to communicate vision in such a way that the audience is engaged and everyone understands and internalizes the message. Effective leadership communication gives purpose and meaning to the work that people do. Leaders should strive to communicate vision with a sense of integrity, building trust as an individual and as a leader. This course provides a general introduction to vision communication, including its nature and its purpose. You will be guided through numerous techniques and methods for a leader to successfully communicate vision, such as personalizing and multiplying a clear message, communicating enthusiasm in an authentic way, and making the organization's vision the employees' own vision. Materials designed to support blended learning activities aligned with this course are available from the Resources Page.

Target Audience
Supervisors, managers, directors, and individuals wanting to develop their leadership skills

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Leadership Essentials: Communicating Vision

identify approaches to communication that are likely to be important to employees

match techniques for communicating vision to examples of how to execute them

communicate vision to employees, as a leader in a given scenario