Jerry Macnamara working the room during a leadership workshop, attendees seated at round tables

Best Places to Lead · Communication

How do I communicate so people actually follow?

I host Best Places to Lead, and in twenty-five years of leading people I’ve learned that what you say matters less than whether anyone follows. These episodes are about trust, conflict, story, feedback, and the crucial conversations leaders avoid.


The episodes

Questions

What does this theme cover?

Trust, constructive conflict, storytelling frameworks, crucial conversations, communicating in the digital age, and speaking with confidence. It’s the full range of how a leader gets heard and followed.

Which episode should I start with?

Start with Ep 22, How A Positive Constructive Conflict Signals A Healthy Company, because it makes the case that positive, constructive conflict is the signal of a healthy company, which is the hardest communication skill to build.

How do I listen?

Every episode is at bestplacestolead.com and on YouTube; the show’s hub on this site is /podcast/.

Every episode of the show, across all themes, is on the Best Places to Lead hub. If you want the framework I teach on this question, it’s Positive Constructive Conflict on ProvenChaos.