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EPISODE 425

Use Words With Purpose

How we communicate, how we choose words, and how we communicate in ways that help people know that what they do matters can make the biggest difference for those we serve each and every day.

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Hosts

Janet Pilcher

President, Studer Education

About the Episode

Do you want to improve your communication skills but don’t know how to get started? This episode of the Accelerate Your Performance podcast is for you! Join Dr. Janet Pilcher in the third episode in a series focused on communication and Pillar 3: Communicate for Alignment, part of the 9 Pillars of Leadership Excellence. In this episode, Dr. Pilcher provides practical tactics that you can use to communicate effectively and build a positive, trusting workplace culture. Because as Dr. Pilcher explains, as leaders, our communication “can make the biggest difference for those we serve each and every day.”

In this episode, Dr. Pilcher shares how to effectively use two tactics from the 9 Pillars for Leadership Excellence Toolkit that are specifically related to communicating for alignment: Key Words at Key Times and Starting with “Why.”

Listen to hear why these tactics are important and how you can immediately use them to enhance your communication by using words with purpose.

Recommended Resources: Pillar 3: Communicate for Alignment, 9 Pillars of Leadership Excellence: A New Operating System for Education, Words Have Power

Follow Host Dr. Janet Pilcher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janetpilcher/

What This Podcast Covers
  • Use Key Words at Key Times
  • Start With "Why"
  • Communicate for Alignment

Pillar 3: Communicate for Alignment

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