The Life Skill Nobody Taught You: How Leaders Actually Communicate

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Most of us were taught grammar, manners, and to raise our hand before speaking. Very few of us were taught how to listen so someone feels safe, or how to say the hard thing without shutting down or blowing up. In this episode I share why communication is a life skill, not a personality trait, and what it looks like to learn it as an adult and as a leader. In this episode I share:1. The story of two people having the same conversation over and over, and ending up further apart every time2. Dr. John Gottman's Four Horsemen of communication breakdown, and the learnable antidote to each one3. Dr. Brené Brown's research on vulnerability and the armor we wear when honesty feels risky4. What…