"Man's greatest achievements have come about by talking, and its greatest failures by not talking." Stephen Hawking

Communication is essential to great leadership. Companies and leaders that have excellent communication skills as a cornerstone in their business and leadership are able to create trust, influence change, increase performance, and produce superior results. Communication creates a culture in companies and every leader has a communication style that also creates a specific culture.

So if communication is integral to leadership, culture, and trust, how is the communication in your company? Perhaps even more important to your career and the people you lead is the question we all need to examine, 'how are my communication skills and what can I do to improve the way I communicate with others?'

There is a neuroscience to how we communicate and it is important to understand first and foremost, that every conversation we have creates a chemical reaction in the person we are speaking with of either trust or distrust. The neuroscience of communication is called C-IQ or Conversational Intelligence based in 35 years of research developed by Judith E Glaser PhD. When a conversation evokes mistrust, this sends the person you are speaking with into a fight, flight, or freeze mode.

By learning C-IQ as a leader or bringing the facilitation of Conversational Intelligence into your company, you can co-create an environment of trust that enables innovation, partnering, productivity, change management, conflict resolution, and influential leadership for high performing teams.

Learn about the neuroscience of communication, improve your communication skills, and lead your team with C-IQ by bringing a Conversational Intelligence workshop to your company or start with C-IQ coaching. Our communication workshops are available in person throughout the Greater Vancouver area and B.C. Private C-IQ coaching is available globally with online video conferencing. If you want to bring C-IQ to your company or team and you are not located in Vancouver, B.C., send an inquiry to [email protected] and we will look into the possibilities for you.

Jody Kennett is the lead executive and leadership coach at Elevare and is a certified C-IQ coach trained directly by Judith E Glaser, the creator of C-IQ. She works in Vancouver, B.C. Canada and offers C-IQ communication coaching both locally and internationally. C-IQ is ICF approved and it is transforming leaders, companies, and communication globally.