Effective Communication for Executives

If you're an executive, you're a founder, you're an entrepreneur, you're someone

who's got a lot on your plate, you might be dealing with a lot of stress

and a

thousand things on your mind. One of the easiest ways

that you can learn to speak

clearly, and this is a question that I'm about to give you

that has often been

recommended in many executive communication handbooks.

There's been many videos on YouTube talking about the same question,

and it's the

question that forces thought compression,

and it's the following, which is, what do I want to happen in the real

world because of my words or because of my idea?

And it forces you to think about agency, about what would

change, what behaviors would change, what

actions would be taken. And it's one of the most satisfying

feelings that

comes from good communication, which is the idea of forward momentum

or some kind of progress being made because of what we say.

And so when we stop and we ask ourselves, I feel that there's all these

emotions, these thoughts, these feelings, these contexts, these

associations, these hormones inside of me that

are causing this idea to

feel like it's beyond words. We always stop and we ask ourselves,

what would I want to happen in the real world because of the

idea in my head?

I would want someone to take this action.

I would want the sales team to build out this reporting pipeline.

I would want the revenue data on my desk by the end of the day.

There's something, there's some reason behind

what you're sharing or what you're intending to share

that isn't clear.

And oftentimes what good communicators know how to do is just

shortcut the entire exploration, the entire side

quest and get to the point and get to the point usually means some

kind of action

in the real world. So next time you're struggling to compress

your

thought, whether you're explaining an idea in a

meeting or maybe just

casually ask yourself, what do you want to happen?

What is the behavioral changes you want to happen?

Sometimes it's just as clear as the other person understanding why this is

important. I say this all the time.

I'm sharing something with you because I want you to understand how important this

is for your life, whether you use it or not.

That's the agency. That's the change.

And a person's ability to shortcut that and prune everything out is part of

what makes them an elite communicator.