Name: What's your leadership language?
Uploaded: 2024-01-03T15:57:58Z
Duration: 8 min 16 s
Description: In a globe-trotting career that has spanned corporations, governments, nonprofits and philanthropy, Rosita Najmi has often found herself translating among them. Instead of focusing on leadership style, she makes the case for becoming fluent in the languages of leadership, explaining how it can help you adapt to audiences across industries and collectively achieve your goals.

Rosita Najmi: What's your leadership language?

What's your leadership language?

In a globe-trotting career that has spanned corporations, governments, nonprofits and philanthropy, Rosita Najmi has often found herself translating among them. Instead of focusing on leadership style, she makes the case for becoming fluent in the languages of leadership, explaining how it can help you adapt to audiences across industries and collectively achieve your goals.

True leadership is not about picking one style but about mastering the distinct languages of different sectors. One surprising study found that the most effective impact investing funds were led by people fluent in nonprofit, corporate, philanthropic, and policy circles. Leaders who learn to translate between these worlds can build unlikely coalitions and solve tough problems like gender inequality. Being multilingual in leadership means adapting to the audience, the context, and the challenge at hand.