Posts Tagged ‘Landau Leadership’

Sadly, energizing, motivating, and inspiring are not words that are usually associated with conference calls. More often, words like boring, ineffective, and frustrating come to mind. Although there is a shift toward newer technologies like videoconferencing, webinars, and Skype, many business leaders still rely on conference calls to communicate with their colleagues, customers, and vendors.

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Ironically, one of the critical aspects of leadership is developing the leadership abilities of others. Some leaders see employee feedback as either praise or criticism and never utilize one of the most powerful ways to develop others – developmental feedback. Many business leaders are reluctant to give feedback and might avoid direct conversations because they don’t know exactly what to say and/or how to say it without sounding confrontational or negative.

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