Leadership in Dialogue: How Courage Informs

Abstract

Effective and dynamic leadership is a dialogue among leaders and the people they lead. Effective leaders engage in that dialogue both verbally and nonverbally. Effective leadership depends on the ability to engage in two-way communication among all parties. For most leaders who have risen to new posts of leadership, or those who find themselves leading large groups 'accidentally,' that open dual-direction communication requires courage. In regard to dialogue, courage is the factor that allows for leaders to be informed by the people they lead. It takes courage for leaders to encourage or to inform people to tell them things they may not want to hear. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)