14 Language Mistakes And Communication Faux-Pas The Best Leaders Avoid

Communication is an art that every great leader learns to master eventually. While some leaders have innate communication skills, others need to mind their use of language when they’re communicating with their teams to ensure clarity and avoid confusing or alienating team members and other internal stakeholders.

From poor word choice to the wrong tone of voice, many aspects of leader communication can be problematic without putting forethought into what they intend to say. Stephanie Judd is featured on Forbes as one of 14 leadership coaches sharing examples of problematic language and communication faux pas that all leaders need to be more mindful of.