Executive women – and men – can become more effective leaders if they learn to develop their verbal and nonverbalcommunication skills, said Dr. Louise Mahler to attendees at the2014 Global Women's Leadership Forum. Mahler's presentation was oneof several activities geared to helping attendees improve theirleadership skills.

The forum, held this past week in conjunction with WorldCouncil's World Credit Union Conference in Gold Coast, Australia,was the annual gathering of Global Women's Leadership Network members. The forum, held inpartnership with Australian Women in Mutuals, attracted 125 womenleaders from 24 countries.

Mahler presented research on harnessing the art of face-to-facecommunication to improve leadership effectiveness in this digitalage. Through an interactive discussion, she explained the qualitiesof leaders throughout history based on body language, words andvoice.