.
If you've ever spoken with a subject matter expert when they're using full technical jargon, you know the disconnect. They're probably 100% correct but the gap in knowledge makes it hard for the listener to connect with what's being presented on a deep level.
My bet would be that if they studied communication styles within the group of leaders above IQ 130, there would be a correlation between better scores and leaders who used simpler language when communicating with their subordinates.
No doubt they need to take a course in communication, but the really smart folks I know know when to "code switch". In other words, drop the jargon and make things undestandable to outsiders.
I too own and run a business (closely held and too much family). We're about to close down after 103 years for either lack of communication or sibling rivalry. I can't decide which. Or, perhaps just my own incompetence. Certainly, I question everything I say or do these days. Paralysis through analysis.
Thanks for the comments
