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Frank Luntz

I don't understand why people whose entire lives or their corporate success depends on communication, and yet they are led on occasion by CEOs who cannot talk their way out of a paper bag and don't care to.

Frank Luntz

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Frank Luntz is pointing out the irony that many successful people or companies rely heavily on good communication, yet their leaders often lack basic speaking skills and show little interest in improving them. He finds it puzzling that these CEOs lead despite being poor communicators, which seems contradictory to the importance of communication in their success.

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