Active listening and speaking assertively are critical factors to influencing others, yet successful communication can be one of the most significant challenges leaders face. People judge others on how they communicate. Failure to communicate effectively can create significant obstacles for a leader despite other strengths they might possess, notes executive coach G. Peter Morris. Morris has worked with more than 2,000 executives during the past 19 years and has worked as an executive coach with UNC Kenan-Flagler students.  He notes that many leaders mistakenly identify effective leadership as solely making things happen in organizations. “So often we think of influencing as what I can do to convince another person to do something,” he says. “But the secret is, to be Read More