Quote intepretation

  "Developing excellent communication skills is absolutely essential to effective

leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of

urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can't get a message across clearly and

motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn't even matter." 

- Gilbert Amelio, former President and CEO of National Semiconductor Corp.


Fadlan and I believes that this quote talks about the importance of being able to deliver a message across clearly especially when in a leadership position. A leader needs his team in order to succeed and overcome whatever challenges the team faces, if the leader is unable to communicate effectively the intent to his subordinates, then there might be avoidable complications within the team further down the line.

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