Get Oriented with The New Communication Compass (Part 1)

About this episode

Dianne Chase joins the FIR Podcast Network to discuss her book and the new communication framework it presents.

The next two "Circle of Fellows" episodes will offer something different from our panels of the last several years. We welcome Dianne Chase, a veteran communicator and former IABC chair, to the discussion. While Dianne is not a Fellow, she did recruit six Fellows to write all but one of the chapters for her new book, The 7Cs of the New Communication Compass . (Dianne wrote the seventh chapter.) The book, which has five stars on Amazon, "offers both a guiding framework and a practical roadmap for mastering strategic communication in complex environments," according to its description. "If you are a leader, manager, educator, public official, influencer, or anyone striving to make an impact, this book is an essential and thought-provoking read. It distills communication excellence to foster collaborative results and organizational effectiveness.” The book's Cs include Collaboration, Connection, Compassion, Cohesion, Community, Congruency, and Calibration. For the first of these conversations, Dianne will join Shel Holtz, Ginger Homan, Jane Mitchell, and Brad Whitworth to discuss Connection (Brad's chapter), Compassion (Dianne's chapter), Congruency (Jane's chapter), and Calibration…

People in this episode

Hosts: Shel Holtz, Ginger Homan, Jane Mitchell, Brad Whitworth

Guest: Dianne Chase

Topics covered

• communication
• leadership
• strategic communication
• collaboration
• organizational effectiveness

Keywords

• communication compass
• strategic communication
• leadership
• collaboration
• organizational effectiveness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IABC

Books & works: The 7Cs of the New Communication Compass

Places: Amazon

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