I was looking into posts on Mr. Barak Obama’s communication style and how it contributed towards Obama’s victory.  Did Obama address people in all 4 categories of DiSC Model?  These categories are Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness. 

Each person in his/her category wants to hear in a specific manner.  Some people need direct answer while others need some encouragement and hope and so on.  Please see the table at the end of the post and read more about DiSC Model. 

While doing so, I found very interesting Wall Street Journal video on the topic titled  “Learning From Obama’s Effective Communication Skills“.
 

To summarize, what project manager can do –

1. giving good positive message
2. clear and compelling tone
3. giving substance along with style
4. speaking with confidence and authority
5. not in hurry to speak- patience
6. pause between sentences: at least 3-4 seconds
7. stress the right words
8. relate to people and places
9. make it simple to comprehend
10. identify what is not right with other approach

Here is the table what people mainly like to hear/communicate around- 

What are your findings?  What did you learn? Lets share.

Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day.

Categories: Leadership, Management, manager, Meetings, PM, Productivity, Project Manager, Self Help, Thoughts, Workplace

Tags: Communicate, DiSC, Kick-off, skills, Speaking