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Summary

Hey, it’s Dr. Jon Finn here. In this video, I’ll be discussing leadership and how to lead with impact by improving our communication skills. I’ll be sharing practical examples of effective communicators like Winston Churchill and Sarah Blakely. We’ll explore the concept of the action communicator and how it goes beyond just giving speeches. I’ll introduce the Action Communicator Self-Assessment Tool from Chapter 33 of the Habit Mechanic book, which will help us identify areas for improvement and create a habit-building plan. Join me to learn how to become a better leader and communicator for a healthier and happier team.

Full Transcript

0:00 Hey, it’s Dr. John Finn here. I want to talk about leadership and how to lead with impact. And specifically how to communicate in a way that helps your team, your people.
0:16 To be healthy, happy and at their best. In order to do this we’re going to go inside the habit mechanic book and we’re going to go to chapter 33.
0:30 So we have a leadership model where we ship into four parts. One of those parts is what we call the action communicator, and as you see here it’s about how you empathise, how you empower, how you support and how you encourage.
0:43 And what we always like to do. Is start by giving some practical examples of people that we could roll model.
0:54 If we want to get better at communicating in a really powerful way. And one person I’ve got here is so Winston Church.
1:04 Umm, who led the Great Britain through the very challenging period of World War II. Known as a bina action communicator, it isn’t just about giving big speeches, it’s also about those daily communications.
1:27 And another example we have here is Sarah Blekler, who’s a self-made billionaire and founder of Spanks. And, She talks about having these things called oops meetings, where the leader shares vulnerability first.
1:45 So, action, become an aggression communicator has a few elements. And the challenge with most leadership training is that’s where it stops.
1:54 It gives you some examples. It gives you some tips and some tricks about what you could do. Where we need to go, if we actually want to help leaders to do batteries, we need to help them to build better leadership habits and specifically in this case better.
2:08 can communicate it to habits. And that’s why we have here in chapter 33, the what we call the action communicator to self-assessment tool.
2:16 And here we have a series. I think we’ve got 20 odd um different statements about what it might be. Be helpful to do if you want to become a better action communicator.
2:28 So as a couple here for example, it would be helpful to be more aware and purposeful with my body language when communicating different messages to people in different contexts.
2:40 Thanks. For example, first or first of all by a video conference and if you think that would be helpful, umm.
2:48 You could say yeah it’s something I need to do better which would be a C. If you think you already do it well give yourself a B.
2:55 If it’s not a priority. You could give yourself a C. Next one is it would be helpful to communicate my own weaknesses to others more regular and again you give yourself an A.B.
3:04 I’ll see. And you work through all the 20 odd umm. Reflective statements. Thank you. Communicator and you can then spotlight some very key areas that would be helpful for you to work on and you can create a habit building plan to do that.
3:23 So if you want to become a better leader becoming a better action commune communicator. Is a really important part of that.
3:31 And here in the habit mechanic book and approach you’ve got some practical habit building tools that you can use to help you lead with more impact or to help other people.
3:44 people that you’re helping to lead with more impact. If you want to learn more, check out chapter 33 in the habit mechanic book.
3:52 Bye for now.