As a newly appointed company director, communication is one of the key skills needed in order to be successful within the role. If you are to be appointed as the most senior executive position in the company, being successful in the role will be a key priority for yourself. In this article, we will explain why communication is an important skill for a managing director, and we will explore how communication will improve your performance as a managing director. We will also explore why communication is an important skill for all managing directors to master, in order to be successful in the role of a managing director.
As a managing director, communication matters because it allows you to build good working relationships with your staff. Communication is the core foundation to good leadership, and as a managing director, building good relationships with your staff is the key to building a successful team, and ultimately a successful organisation. Building good working relationships with your staff will boost the productivity within your organisation. When you communicate regularly with your employees, and particularly if you deliver positive feedback to them frequently, you will build up the trust that your employees have with you. By openly encouraging two way feedback and communication between employees, your employees are likely to trust you more as a leader. When your employees trust you as a leader, they are more likely to listen to your instructions and follow through with their actions.
By having good communication skills as a leader, you can serve to inspire the rest of your employees by communicating to them your clear vision and ambitions that you have with your company. This will collectively inspire and align the members of the organisation, allowing them to work together to achieve the ambitions and the goals of the business. Good communication as a leader will also motivate the members of your organisation, resulting in an increase in productivity, as staff will be more inspired to achieve the results, goals and the vision that you have communicated to them.
Overly complicated communication can result in your messages becoming lost in communication. In order to be a good leader, simple and direct communication gives your staff clear messages of what you are thinking and feeling, and what you need from them. It is important to continue to be polite and respectful, but keeping messages and instructions simple and direct is a sign of an effective leader. Simple and direct is an effective type of communication, as giving your staff too much information and by using too much language can serve to confuse staff members and result in the message becoming lost.
Good communication abilities are vital to being a good leader, however it is equally as important to be able to follow through with your actions. Your communication is only valuable if it is reinforced by actions. A sign of a good leader is the ability to follow up your communications with decisive and effective actions.
At In Professional Development, we deliver a wide range of courses that feature communication as a key focus. Many of our professional development training programmes feature good communication skills as a core focus of the programmes, such as our Strategic Marketing for Non Marketing Directors course, our Directors Development Programme Accelerator, our Role of the Director and the Board course, Evolving Role of the Managing Director Programme, and our 1 day Public Speaking Masterclass.
Communication is an essential attribute for a successful workplace, and it is the core attribute needed to be a successful leader. Effective communication forms the base of an effective organisation, and it is a key attribute that should be focused on in order to maximise the successful completion of projects, and to be an effective leader. At In Professional Development, communication is a soft skill within the workplace that we cover on many of our other professional training courses. To find out more about our courses, visit our Courses page, and click on the relevant course. Alternatively, or if you’d like more information before booking, email us at enquiries@inpd.co.uk, send us a message using the form on our Contact page, or call us on 0161 826 3139. We look forward to hearing from you and advising you on the right course for you.