Are you a speaker leader or a communicator leader? (123-2)

Wise leaders learn how to communicate with their team rather than just speak to their team. Read Job 16:2.

Job’s three friends Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar boldly told Job he had suffered the loss of his possessions, family and health because he had acted foolishly, spoke wrongly and lived wickedly. In Job 16:2 Job calls them “…miserable comforters.” When they spoke from their beliefs without the facts of the specific situation Job felt like their long-winded speeches would never end. These men became speakers rather than communicators. A few differences between leaders who are speakers and communicators:

Speakers                                                                                                                                                               

• Seeks to be understood   
• Asks what do I have that I can deliver in this situation   
• Self-conscious        
•  Content-oriented        

Communicators

• Seeks to understand and connect  
• Asks what do they need   
• Audience-oriented   
• Change-oriented                                                                                                                        

Do you tend to be a speaker leader or a communicator leader? Leaders who desire to be good communicators seek to understand their team’s situation before they seek to be understood by their team.