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Strategic Communication for Leaders

Strategic Communication for Leaders

Many leaders set the strategic objectives of their organizations but find that teams and individual performers don't automatically align with them, particularly in dynamic or disruptive environments. By the end of this course, you'll no longer sabotage your own leadership initiatives by failing to consider communication early and holistically.

Join instructor Brenda Bailey Hughes as she shows you how to influence and inspire action within your organization by leveraging communication strategically, adopting visionary communication practices, using communication to influence across the entire organization, and enhancing team performance through impactful communication. Along the way, you'll also learn how to communicate more equitably and ethically with integrity. 

This course includes AI-powered Role Play. Role Play allows you to practice what you've learned in interactive simulations of real-world conversations.

Learning Objectives

  • Articulate and align organizational goals to the shared organizational vision.
  • Assess and improve individual and organizational communication.
  • Identify the seven communication questions one should ask before every communication event.
  • List potential sources of miscommunication.
  • Discover the key differences between an audience-tailored message and a generic message.
  • Identify opportunities to use a communication flow diagram.
  • Overcome the potential pitfalls of soliciting feedback.
     
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  • Issuing Organization: LinkedIn Learning
  • Issue Date: November 27, 2025
  • Credential ID: 67bd5586d5dcdb744134b1efd805f7ece82e465674715be38286ff4b8db192bc
  • Credential URL: Course Completed

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Strategic Communication for Leaders

Strategic Communication for Leaders

Join Brenda Bailey Hughes as she shows you how to influence and inspire action within your organization by leveraging communication strategically, adopting visionary communication practices, using communication to influence across the entire organization.

Last Updated: March 22, 2026

About Shefik

Celebrating over 25 years in the entertainment industry, Shefik held senior-level positions at many Fortune 500 companies and celebrated brands, including IBM, NBCUniversal, and MTV World. He currently serves as a Technical Lead at NBCUniversal. His work was featured in television broadcasts and video productions for TIME, The Washington Center, "Unsung" (TV One), and Broadway World. He is currently the Executive Producer and Host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Shefik presents Invocation", which is broadcast on over 20 terrestrial radio stations and frequencies throughout the United States, as well as the internationally distributed video series of the same name via Prime Video and other notable outlets.