Book of the Month: Read This if People Don’t Listen to You at Work

When I worked in higher education, we would survey CEOs and other business leaders each year to find out what skills were most needed in the workforce. Year after year, by far the biggest skill they needed was excellent communication. They desired not only excellent writers, but also excellent verbal communicators and interpersonal communicators.

Enter this book, which shows the glaring need for leaders to understand how to verbally communicate their ideas so that they are heard and supported. If you’ve ever heard me talk about leadership before, you know that I believe your job title doesn’t dictate whether or not you are a leader. You could have the bottom position on the organizational chart and still be a leader.

This book was another selection of my Level Up Book Club, and members loved how the authors broke down their communication strategies into simple frameworks that could be implemented immediately. In addition, the authors give a few practical suggestions at the end of each chapter to help you practice what you’ve learned.

I made an Implementation Guide to go along with this book. This will help you think through your specific situation at work and apply the lessons from this book.

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