“Developing excellent communication skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others,” says Gilbert Amelio, President and CEO of National Semiconductor Corp. Effective communications skills is necessary for the development of a great leader. Here are some impressive communications skills to acquire to be a good leader: 1) Well versed in interpreting nonverbal communication: Verbal communication and nonverbal communication plays an important role in communication but usually nonverbal communication will reveal the true feelings of the communicator/listener or in other words nonverbal communication are more truthful and genuine. Nonverbal communication such as body gesture, posture, facial expressions and eye contact play an important role in understanding the state of being of a communicator. It is important for a leader to make sure his/her body language i