Welcome to the National Guard Family Program e-learning lesson on communicating with and supporting leadership. Communicating with and supporting leadership is closely tied to the concept of leading up. Leading up is the act of working with people above you to help them and you perform better. Organizations that receive overall direction from below are able to think strategically, communicate persuasively, and act decisively. In this lesson, participants will consider ways they can influence their leaders to achieve organizational goals. By learning skills to advocate for their needs and ideas, participants will be better prepared to act as leaders as they work with their own leadership figures.