The Unsaid Leadership Competencies Series - 2

When i was studying in 8th standard, I had a classmate who  was struggling to write even English letters. Teachers named him lazy and parents treated him as good for nothing!! He was excellent in drawing and painting but weak in studies. From the way society treated him, he slowly started loosing confidence and gradually started fading away from society.

Today if you notice, a kid having issues in writing is considered as a normal child as we know that  learning disabilities can be cured with proper support. We also know that it is not the attitude but it is a disability where we need to work on.

Similar to my classmate there are lot of aspiring leaders who are given feedback as employees with low confidence to speak , unable to articulate , not clear , not persuasive, and even not knowledgeable by their supervisors or their colleagues.

Are they not confident ?

If so how are they interacting with their customers with ease?

Are they not knowledgeable ?

If so how are they performing in their work ?

Are they not clear in what they speak ?

If so how are they managing team beautifully?

So what is the problem here !

Problem is , Some aspects of their speech calls for attention which distracts others from the message they deliver. 

If you are thinking it is communication or speech issue. Yes you are Right !

In majority of the cases we give feedback to employee as they need better presentation skills, articulation skills but all these are "tip of the Ice burg", which you see as outcome of something deeper inside them .

Real issue is the way they speak ! The way they construct voice ! The way they say things!

Lets see the competency through the eyes of a Speech Pathologist!

Its not the confidence of your colleague that brings him a better communication ability , Its the skill and practice in which he speak!

The Good thing is, you too can !

Let's change the paradigm , lets work on improving our internal skills which intern will be reflected in the way you speak and gain confidence of supervisors.

Lets work on the Unsaid competencies of a Great Leader!

How can we identify , how good we speak and areas of improvement ?

How can we resolve specific problems?

Lets discuss in next series! 

Note : Post completion of the series i will share the books which you can read on the topics!