Importance of communication skills for engineers

"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, President and CEO of National Semiconductor Corp

Having a strong foundation at communicating is the key to success in leadership. Being a leader is to be able to convey vision and goals with utmost efficiency, they must be able to transmit an act of involvement in which they are able to motivate others. Clear and concise messages with a charismatic leadership mindset will be a strong key factor to successful leadership via communication.

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