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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Situational Communication

Situational Communication

Closely related to the concept of situational leadership, situational communication involves selecting the appropriate communications tools given the people and the situation involved.

Leaders use a variety of communication tools— I messages, restatement, inquiry, decoding, summarizing, encouragement, or direct statements—to exchange information at many different levels with team members, peers, and leaders.

Leaders modify communication to engage the listener according to their style, using a variety of means to convey the message: visual, auditory, and written text. Context is important, and leaders continually make judgments about what communication tools to use and when.

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